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RS and I decided to try Ty Newydd again after my day there on Monday, but what a difference a few days makes! We fished from midday until we were rained off at about 7pm. The water seemed colder than on Monday but I hadn't taken any temperatures. Pretty windy for a fair bit of the time with a couple of afternoon showers between which very few flies were coming off and, unsurprisingly, hardly a rise was seen. Unlike on Monday, the fish just weren't looking up and we only managed to catch 14 fish between us: 6 trout to 12", and 8 grayling to 12" with most of 8-10". Fish taken on HE emerger, foam beetle, foam ant and on a brown Super Pupa. Nothing on NZ style nymph. Tough!

Sun and cloud, not too much wind and the water very low. Almost the only insects seen, until the arrival of the late afternoon and evening sedges, were two Yellow Mays so, unsurprisingly, hardly any rising fish - so on the face of it the prospects didn't look too good! However, in spite of all this, I still rose fish all day to a couple of HE emerger patterns which also accounted for anything that rose as well. Had nothing take the nymphs when adopting NZ tactics. From about 5 p.m. there was a reasonable evening rise which continued until I could no longer see my fly. Remarkably, over the course of the day, I had 35 grayling from about 9 to 15" and five trout to 12" - all returned. The best two grayling were saved almost to the last, when I also dropped two other nice fish because I really couldn't see my fly - they were barely hooked and it was a case of long distance release....so, time for home! A cracking day.

2 small grayling and one small trout plus several salmon parr. All returned of course.

Black and Peacock Spider and Ginger Quill successful flies. Late rising fish gave best sport but very short lived rise despite very pleasant day.

Unseasonably cold due to stiff NW & downstream wind. Not much fly life about, just the occasional small sedge and yellow mays, which combined with a low and clear river translated into few rises and fewer fish. Managed to winkle out a grayling and small brownie on nymphs (GRHE & Copper John) and a nice grayling of about a pound on a golden olive klinkhammer cast to one of the few rises seen all day.

This fishing lark is surely a fickle thing! After a relatively good day on the Rectory beat last weekend, (thank you for advising this Seth)where two of us had twenty fish between us I thought I'd have another another go on Sunday. Guess what...Ty-Newydd only gave up one fish, a lovely Graying of about a half pound to a black Hawthorn fished over a bead head hare's ear.
This being only my second trip to the upper Wye I guess I still have a lot to learn about this magnificent river.
There were occasional hatches of fly, accompanied by sporadic rises, but a stiff downstream wind carried the hatches away on a regular basis. I did manage to get a couple of rises to an Adams but these wild fish were too quick for me.
Ty-Newydd is a lovely beat and I hope to return in Sept.
Thank you WUF

Four small trout. Not much activity and rather windy. Lovely stretch of water though.

The last of this years one day courses, this one covering High Summer tactics. The river was low and warm, so conditions were ideal. All those in attendance caught some fish the best fish being a grayling of around 1 3/4 pounds.
All in all about 20 fish were caught, not counting the numerous salmon parr.

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Early evening fishing produced six fish until disturbed by people entering the river from the footpath with a dog who had no regard for other peoples enjoyment. Why for the life of me on a stretch of water this long do people let their dog go in right where you are fishing. 1 dace,4 wbt to about 7 inches and a grayling of 10 inches all returned unharmed.

Stunning beat. Very scenic and lots of varied water. River was very clear and was at 10" on the neighbouring gauge which was comfortable fishing. Struggled a bit under a hot sun and blue skies in the afternoon, but several grayling came to nymphs. In the evening the trout joined the party, first to nymphs and then a bit of an evening rise at about 8.30pm. I finished up with 7 grayling between 8" and 14" and 8 trout between 6" and 12", mostly on nymphs, with a few on dries at the end. No salmon seen.

A pleasant day with not too much wind for a change. Not a lot of fly though, but it is July after all - some yellow mays, a few pale wateries and lots of sedge returning to the water late afternoon. Some rising fish most of the day, but few and far between, and what rose appeared to be almost exclusively trout. Had 16 trout by mid-afternoon but not a grayling to be seen - amazing for Ty Newydd. Then the grayling showed up although most of those caught were not rising fish. I finished with 25 trout and 12 grayling, a couple of chublets and plenty of parr. Most fish were in the 8-10" class with a few trout to 11-13" and grayling to 12-14". Most taken on hare's ear emergers and a couple on nymphs.