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About 10" on the Erwood gauge, so the river was at a nice height for wading. Caught a grayling and a brown trout in the late morning on heavy nymphs. After lunch, in the warm sunshine, there was the odd rise to some small olives, and I managed 6 grayling on dry flies. In late afternoon, I added a further three grayling on spiders drifted across the slow pools. All the grayling were a similar size - between about 11" and 13".

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

Beautiful stretch and nice conditions, only downside was the incessant roaring of motorbikes blighting so much of the peace in mid Wales.

One very large grayling hooked and lost on NZ style deep nymph. Disappointingly this was the only sign of fishy life seen by either of us, very little fly life and no rises. Plenty of kingfishers, wagtails and otter prints seen.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Quality over quantity today. While the Trout was nothing to write home about, most of the Grayling were in the 12-14 inch bracket. A low river, but still pushing through, and probably just a bit too bright. 2 Grayling from the bottom of the beat on a tungsten nymph. Remaining fish on a Klinkhammer - a mix of casting to rising fish and fishing the stream. Had a chat with the other angler on the beat as I was packing up; a likeable but distracted individual - who had a similar catch to me

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

Beautiful stretch that keeps you wading the entire length. We were lucky that conditions were perfect - overcast and light wind. Anything more than a gentle breeze would have made upstream fishing difficult given the overhanging trees Nymphs fished deep. Largest fish took the foam bodied daddy fished as an indicator.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

River high but in great condition.

2 Trout, 10 Grayling

Lovely beat but found it tricky - wading hard, and just couldn’t get flys deep enough

1 Grayling

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Had to work harder for my fish today on a low, clear river. Three fish from the bottom meadow, including my first Wye Trout of the season, then nothing until I moved up to the top of the beat after lunch. The Trout were small but, once again, the Grayling were a good size, with two fish at 16" and one at 17". All on weighted nymphs

Very sorry to hear the news about Stephen

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

A much more benign river that on my last visit a fortnight ago. Pleasant day weather-wise too. Determined to get to grips with French Nymphing, I had the 10 ft 3wt rod in the car but, with the bottom of the beat needing a longer cast, started off with a 4wt and a conventional upstream nymph. I caught Grayling, and good Grayling - with the exception of a couple of smaller fish, and a couple of larger fish, all of my fish today were in the 12-14" bracket - right from the off (so much so that the 3wt was to remain in the car). 3 or 4 fish from the bottom of the beat, followed by another half a dozen from the broken water at the top of the first meadow. Picked of a few skittish fish in The Gutter, before finding a shoal of fish in the broken water at the top of the bottom of the beat (if you get my drift). Probably should have stayed on this shoal but, after half a dozen fish, my stomach told me it was time for lunch

Up to the top of the beat in the afternoon. Less prolific that the morning; the top of the beat is more open and, as such, catches the wind - which I had not noticed in the morning. Very bright by then as well. Lower numbers maybe, but my afternoon catch included fish of 17" and 18" (which would be close on 2.5 lbs in old money). Bizarrely, other than one fish (a good one too), that took the nymph, jumped three feet into the air, and threw the nymph, in less time than it takes to tell the tale, I did not see a Trout all day

A very good day. Let's call it 20 shall we. Home to my lovely wife's delicious chicken in a cider, tarragon, mustard and cream sauce. Tres bonne

20 Grayling