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We are so lucky to have all this fishing available.
Quite cold wind most of the day which constantly switched from upstream to down. Plently of fly life including some big stone flies - but not many fish rising.
Fished all day with small barbless HE emergers - had 7 trout, 2 at about 6" and the remaining 5 between 10" and 14" and 1 grayling at 14".
Must have lost double the amount I landed. Whether it was the very low water I do not know - but I have never had so many fish leave the water once hooked - a quick shake and with barbless hooks they were off. Also broken by two larger fish that I never saw.
First time I have ever seen the bottom of Heraig pool - no salmon - but some good sized trout and chub. Largest trout of the day was one tempted up from the depths.
I think this is the lowest I have fished the Wye. Felt like I could have crossed the flats below the suspension bridge in wellies..

7 Trout, 1 Grayling

Good weather conditions
River too low, probably at least one foot too low
No fish showed at any time.
Fished above and below the hut and below the suspension bridge to no avail
Tried for a trout as well...in desperation!

Perfect weather conditions.
River was 1 foot too low.
No fish showed throughout our time on the river
Used a variety of Flies, but mostly size 12 or smaller.
Fished a total of 7 hours each

Unfavourable conditions (weather – windy and showers, river – low and cold, no rising fish, fly life limited) made for a challenging day notwithstanding some of the wading however we made the most of the fabulous surroundings and the varied pools. We will be back. No catch to report (sadly)

A nice beat but wading is extremely hard, thankfully I had a wading stick. It was cool and cloudy and very quiet.
The boards were excellent and the water was about a foot lower, I wouldn't want to be on them with them underwater, come off them and it would be interesting !!

Not a bad day for early in the season weather overcast and chilly, about 2/3 of the fish taken on nymphs the others on the dry fly mainly grey dun patterns. Will be back again later this year hopefully I will get to fish other areas of this wonderful beat.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

Not fished water low and a strong cold wind blowing downstream.

Water 8 inches on ferry pool gauge, very clear, temperature 40 degrees. Strong cold downstream wind with gusts of hail. Saw no fish. Catch nil.

No Salmon caught, 3 trout caught on my Salmon fly ( 2" Silver Rat tube ). Returned to river.
A small hatch of Dark Spring Olives but not many trout rising for them.
In any case an enjoyable day.

Brilliant day on this beat which is stunning. The river is very wide here and wading can be very difficult in places. We didn't see a huge amount of fly life but there were the odd isolated hatches later in the day. Two Grayling taken on the surface with Adams patterns later on in the day, 2 taken on spider patters and one on a jig nymph. One 8" WBT taken on a hares ear just under the bridge and a small Salmon Parr taken by surprise just upstream of the bridge in fast water. All in all, a great day in a spectacular place that we really didn't want to leave.

We also thoroughly recommend staying at Plas Gwyn, excellent accommodation in an ideal location for the Upper Wye. Also, The Seven Stars pub at Aberedw is probably the most welcoming village pub I've ever been in and the food is outstanding as well as being good value for money.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Other