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Great to be back on the River again! The seemingly everlasting winter floods having finally given way to more normal conditions. The floods have left the River running clear as gin, and there is just the faintest hint of spring in the air. 3 of us fished today in cold, but thankfully dry conditions. The grayling were still very much in evidence, and quite a few were taken in short bursts of activity throughout the day. Beaded nymphs of around 2.5 - 3mm suspended below a suitably large dry indicator proving to be most successful. An estimated 30+ grayling to 2lbs plus 4 out of season browns were returned. Looking forward now to the first real fly hatches of the year!

4 Trout, 30 Grayling

A lovely beat which I have fished around 6 times now. The river was nearly down to normal level after very high conditions a few days previous. The day started in a very frosty fashion and bright sunshine. I waded as deep as I dare go and fished all the pools. Nothing rising or hatching. Fished teams of weighted nymphs but still struggled to get into good enough positions to present them properly. I picked up a superb trout of around 2lb on home tied tungsten head UV nymph at about 11 in the morning. Fished hard for a few more hours with no touches. Around 3 O'Clock with my legs numb to the core I finally picked up a grayling off about 1.5b. I fished for another hour then called it a day. Always nice fishing this beat and can't wait to come on my next holiday in a few months when the sun is shining and the flies are hatching and hopefully have a few on drys.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Water at a good height and suprisingly running clear considering the previous day heavy rain. Misty, mild day that produced a few fish to dries. Most of the fish taken with heavy nymphs or a small bug under a klinkhammer. As you can see by the amount brown trout caught the mild winter so far has got them confused. Good to see the new owner has replaced or put in new styles that makes the trip to lower stretch of the beat easier. Great day on a fantastic beat.

6 Trout, 22 Grayling

Hard fishing, river high and coloured. New owner has done a lovely job on the stiles and seats.

7 Trout, 3 Grayling

Heavy rain and gusty winds in the early morning had brought down many leaves from the bank side trees resulting in huge rafts of leaves in parts of the beat which made them unfishable as the flies could not penetrate into the water.
Two good sized trout were seen on arrival and a salmon jumped at the top end late in the afternoon but we did not succeed in catching any grayling. No fish rising during our visit, but we all had a very enjoyable day.

My first time at the Upper Wye. A bit overcast but no rain to speak of. Myself and another angler on this beat today so we leapfrogged from midway up to the top limit over the day. I caught a number of good sized Grayling of a pound plus that came to a small copper head on the point or a micro hairs ear on the dropper. Very positive takes and great sport. The only thing that clouded the day was losing my net. Apart from this a very nice start to my week.

7 Grayling

First time on this beat and loved it. Explored most of the pools and caught mainly on dries around the middle of the day (GRHE emerger).

4 Grayling

Four good sized Grayling on small nymphs, (size 18). A few takes on the dry but after some rain they had gone down really. A few Salmon Parr as well. This beat is really accessible and a pleasure to fish. It was also very easy to navigate with named pools. A wading staff and felt/studded boots were required.

4 Grayling, 2 Other

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7 Trout, 8 Grayling

I had been looking forward to trying this beat for the first time, always excited by previous catch returns from other anglers but then again this is the Wye and have too often been left frustrated by this beautiful river. And so I was again with AB to witness on his second trip up here to try for the Grayling. One brown trout took a pink shrimp and the Grayling preferred a silver beaded black and red nymph( this was to prove the fly of the weekend) fished as a pair up stream. Also lost a clunker in shallow water before the first fall at the top of the beat leaving ripples of water at the scene in the aftermath that could be seen for some time. There are some fish people catch that have their photograph taken, I think if I'd netted whatever this fish was I would have had it painted in oils! Gutted.