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7 Grayling

2 Trout

I had an invite with Shaun on Craig Llyn, what a lovely day out. We starting fishing by the Hut, he has there and I was greeted with a lovely hot mug of coffee to start with which was really nice on a cold bitter morning. I took a few lovely grayling fishing with pink and hares ears weighted bugs. They were a few olives about but not enough to tempt them to rise. Next we went down the bottom end called the flats we had some large grayling all on the bugs and a heavy peeping caddis on the point. We finish off at the top end with a few more grayling, it was 3.30 and decided to call it a day. What a lovely water .

8 Grayling

A nice day out with two fishing buddies and my first visit to this beat. It’s a lovely stretch of the Upper Wye with plenty of fishing – be prepared for a walk! Lots of varied water from deep, slow moving pools to fast, skinny water. The water was exceptionally clear, which probably made things harder and as ever some quite challenging wading amongst slippery rock – so felt soles are recommended. Although heavy nymphs were the go-to method, a couple of weighted traditional flame tails seemed to work best, swung lazily downstream (accounting for the better fish, two 17" grayling). Based on the type of water, I look forward to another visit, leaving the 10ft 3wt in the car and wondering with the dry fly rod in search of trout. Well worth a visit with safe parking at the top end within the caravan park complex.

6 Grayling

2 Grayling

2 Grayling

Wash off

6 Grayling

Unfortunately, I only managed to fish this for a couple of hours first thing in the morning, I wanted to come back later in the day, but was sadly unable to make it :( Didn't see or touch any fish while I was there, shied away from a few good spots due to wading difficulty, water was running quite well and I didn't have a wading staff. Looked like some great water though, will try again when I'm next in the area!

very windy gloomy day with no rises and very little activity on the river bed. takes were few and far between.

10 Grayling