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No fish rising but managed a good sized grayling and a couple of out of season WBT. Very pleasant in the morning, clouding over in the pm.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Saw quite a few salmon moving through, but failed to connect with any.

River low and clear with some of the pools appearing unproductive in the low flows (to my novice eye). Full floater with a very small red shrimp pattern landed a 38" coloured cock from the Gravelly pool, after a lengthy fight!

1 Salmon

Very tough day - the advice about the wading being difficult was certainly correct! Appeared lifeless for the first couple of hours (arrived just after 12) but then suddenly fish started rising. One grayling took a dry Grayling Steel Blue but came off and the fish then always seemed to remain just out of reach. Beautiful spot - we will return!

Having failed to catch a salmon at Gromain on Friday, Karen and I had a second attempt on the beat above on Saturday. With pleasant weather and the water at about 12" on Llanstephan gauge we were both optimistic. I managed a coloured hen of perhaps a little over 10lbs from the lower end of the top planks, deftly unhooked and released in the water by Karen without any handling. Despite fishing 'til dusk it was the only salmon for the day. Karen did manage a nice grayling of about 1.5lbs on a CDC emerger during a break from swinging the double-hander. Another highly enjoyable day on a picturesque beat.

1 Salmon, 1 Grayling

River quite high and coloured. Managed only a couple of takes before I lost my footing in front of the Lower Planks section and dropped my rod into deep water. Hopefully, it may appear when the river levels fall! If anyone retrieves a Guideline Fario 4 weight with Hardy reel I'd be grateful if you let me know on 01235 816861 or inform the Wye and Usk foundation. Many thanks. Roy Pettipher.

Yesterdays rain put the river up and coloured (level with the top of the boards)gave it a few hours but caught nothing. Couldn't even get to the spots I wanted to.

Good day, wading at the upstream end bit difficult

2 Grayling

A very good day, starting at 11a.m. I was into four grayling on GRHE nymph on the first four casts! However, they soon dried up as the fish started to rise. Various dries were tried to no avail, there were a lot of small brown ephemerids hatching - not sure what they were (anybody?). A change to a Grayling Steel Blue was the answer and by 4p.m. I had released 14 grayling to 1.5lb plus two out of season WBT, all at the bottom of the beat, in the pool above Lower Planks.

2 Trout, 14 Grayling

4 Grayling caught (largest 1/2 pound). All released. All caught on klinkhamer dry fly around midday.

4 Grayling