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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

Fished the whole beat from 10 until dusk. A few fish rising to olives but only one landed. Lovely beat with a great variety of water.

1 Trout

Fine weather but cooler today. Quite a strong cold upstream wind blowing all day. Again fished several locations but very little surface activity observed so reverted to downstream nymph fishing to take one small grayling.
Witnessed one very large salmon jump clear of the water some 400 metres downstream of Ty-Newydd fishing lodge.
Many thanks for arranging beat access for the two locations fished this week.

1 Grayling

My annual pilgrimage to the upper Wye on a beautiful, golden autumn day found the river low and quite clear. This is a beat I have not fished before and was surprised at the easy access. In saying that, however, great care is needed when wading over the rounded, slimy stones before reaching gravel bars from whence casting is easier. I had an impromptu bath and bruised my arm so beware! I found fish in the white water fishing across and down with black spiders. I did not have any luck elsewhere using klink and dink or dry fly. Nonetheless it would be difficult not to enjoy this majestic river and its environs and I'll be back next year for more of the same.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

Another dry and bright day but with more breeze and no hatches to speak of. Nymphs proving more successful than dry patterns although fish were still taken on dry patterns when very occasional rises spotted.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

No sign of any salmon but a lovely day to try. Got the trout gear out in the afternoon and managed some trout/grayling to 12" which were happy to take dry fly

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very few grayling rising. As it takes me 33 hours plus to drive one way, useful info would be good. Not to bad for me as I have spent too much time fishing-some may say. But if less experienced fishermen do not get helpful advice they will go to a easy fishing venue. Lovely autumn day sunny seemed good conditions: just not sure why grayling not rising??? Nice river

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

River up and coloured after overnight rain. Tried various dries and nymphs to no avail. Only action was a lost fish late morning to a nymph.