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1 Grayling

The river had changed a bit since I was last here. No monsters today but good numbers of grayling to about a pound and trout to one and a quarter. All but one came to dries with some fish in surprisingly shallow water. Another enjoyable day on a great beat.

5 Trout, 13 Grayling

4 x trout 6-11 inches, 9 x grayling shots 6-9 inches, various dries. Nothing of size, although a few better grayling did raise their heads - but were strangely reluctant to latch on properly. One of those days. Rained all morning and early afternoon, rather more than the forecast had foretold. A rise in the level and muddy colour in the water from side streams stopped play around 3.30.

4 Trout, 9 Grayling

very low water very clear,cloudy,light wind. hardly any fish rising, trout daddy long legg 6.30 grayling deep nymph 5.30
surprise of the lack of fish rising due to the amount of insect on the water. very nice beat .
jp

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

First time I have fished this water, heavy rain all day. Caught 2 grayling

2 Grayling

River desperately in need of a good flush through, gravel areas coated in a thick scum. river must be running at least a couple of feet below normal. No fish taken

River levels incredibly low very little activity one small brown and a salmon parr taken on a dry fly,both returned unharmed. Very hard going.

1 Trout, 1 Other

I only fished the late afternoon/evening, the water was very low and much of the river looked very unpromising.
Took a grayling in the first run which buoyed hopes and focusing on the moving water with a dry and tiny Mayfly Brassie I was able to do quite well under the circumstances. Tricky casts under the trees to reach the moving water made for interesting fishing and I think that I enjoyed this the most so far because each fish was well earned. I can see the potential of the beat with a bit more water in it. I also suspect that a number of fish may have dropped back downstream due to the low water.
Nothing much hatching, but the brown trout all readily took the dry and the grayling all came to the nymph. The grayling seemed to fight harder than the ones I took on the Wye, despite the disadvantage of not having much current to assist them.. Lovely afternoon's fishing. Again thank you for making this possible..

6 Trout, 4 Grayling

Very, very low water. We concentrated on sections of the Beat that had a flow through them and managed to secure some grayling. The only trout we saw were the ones we spooked whilst splashing around. Fish were taken using very small nymphs and spiders - all returned safely. A tough day, but a really nice beat to spend a day on.

4 Grayling

Water was very low for the time of the year. Downstream of the beat was better fishing.

2 Trout