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Lovely day, light winds and river at a nice height and colour.

About 20 grayling up to 14 inches on pink bugs

20 Grayling

Pretty sure I submitted this catch return late last year but seems it didn't go through, sorry. To recap, only fished about an hour when it was barely fishable with about 1ft visibility - no bites. Then an even bigger spate came down and it turned to chocolate; a dead sheep and a tree trunk went past soon after I got out, so that was good timing :D

Nothing today, water very high

Fished from noon to 5.30pm, 3 grayling to 13" and two OOS trout, largest just over 13", all on nymphs. Did try a Daddy-long-legs too but only got bites from some tiddly grayling on that, not hooked - I think they were trying to take the legs off one by one :D Some sparse mayfly hatches late afternoon, but generally quiet. Connected briefly with a larger fish which gave a couple of heavy head shakes...and my barbless hook popped out - Sod's Law that was the only one that slipped off! Beautiful beat, nice to see the care that has gone into the banksides - hardly any Himalayan balsam to be seen which is very refreshing (I made a further dent in the few left!). Thanks for a lovely day out and look forward to visiting again.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

River at 1'6" on the Llanstephan gauge, lovely river conditions. No salmon seen or hooked, fished a full day. Several oos trout in the Abernant Stream were very lively. Beat and access in excellent condition and very well maintained, many thanks.

3 Trout

Last chance for a Wye salmon form this season but sadly it wasn’t to be. The river rose around 14cm during the day but the level and clarity were pretty good. I possibly saw a salmon out of the corner of my eye, albeit not close enough to cover. Lovely day out on the river and it was nice to see the owner and her husband.

Arrived 14:00 to find river level 0.27 M at Hereford Bridge and clear with good flow of water after previous days rain. Upstream wind and plenty of leaves making life interesting.
Fished with 12` rod with floating line and medium sink polyleader and small double cascade courtesy of John Symonds
Fished most of the beat including Lady Alexander`s until rain set in about 17:00 when reluctantly packed in.
One of my favourite beats on the Wye and can’t wait to return

Fished from 9am t0 3pm quite cold with heavy mist am. Fished the lower section in the morning to no avail. Fished the top section in the afternoon and had four grayling, the best of which was about pound and a half. Good to see the the top half made accessible, but it's still hard work for a 71 year old negotiating the track.

4 Grayling

Fished from 9 - 6pm on a beautiful wind-free autumn day. The first overnight frost of the year meant that it was still only 2 degrees when well wrapped up in the last of the mist at the start. Water now cool at 8 degrees. Fished bugs, spiders and unweighted flashback nymphs, and emergers, and all worked at different times and places during the day. Very few rises as there were very few flies - until after midday, and then just a few small olives / PWs, together with some small olives at the bottom of the beat after 4.30 p.m. The latter welcomed by the grayling as well as me! Had fish on pink shrimp, size 18 FB dark olive nymphs, Red Tag, and size 18-20 pale HE and olive Ducks Duns. Whilst the risers took the DDs, most of the ladies who came up for them were non-risers, mainly fishing foam lanes, and often in seams in pretty shallow marginal water. Grayling from 9 -14” plus one 11” OOS trout.
A great day out, on one of the best upper Wye beats, was also made so much better by the great work from the Beat owner; the significantly improved and safer access to the top half of the beat is most welcome, especially for old men with dodgy knees and aging decrepitude - thank you! Just a pity that 1m of water on the NRW gauge was pushing through a tad too much to get the best out of it.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling

Great day! River clearing after yesterday's heavy rain. Caught a hen salmon (roughly 33") on a #6 Munro Killer at the head of the Lady Alexander's Catch beat. The fish was carefully released and seemed to be none the worse for being caught. Fished a floating line with a 5ft fast sink polyleader.
Dippers and kingfishers were busily flying around today; I also spotted a white wading bird - little egret possibly?

1 Salmon