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Nil return

Great day but no fish - only saw a couple in the evening. Excellent beat and Nathan the ghillie is highly knowledgeable and helpful, especially with my novice guest.

Started late due to long trip and traffic. Sunshine and showers afternoon - water clear at present. Stuck to fly, no fish but lovely bit of water. Good access and Nathan very friendly and helpful. Will be back to explore further - many thanks.

Last fished this beat for coarse fish several years ago, the banks were quite steep then but I was delighted to see how much work has been done.. Steps at the best pools lead to easy wading over smooth gravel. My companion started with fly on Little Run and had a 12lb fish on a Dee monkey.. I started with single hook FC on deeper pools.to no avail. After lunch I changed to fly and hooked good fish again in Little Run. After several minutes the hook pulled. Nathan was both helpful and knowledgeable and is not afraid of hard work judging by the improvements to the access. "A work in progress" is how he describes it

1 Salmon

nil return

There were a few fish in the beat but Alas! none for me. A lovely beat in super surroundings I has a really enjoyable day.

Lovely day, despite a snow storm in the middle of the afternoon. Fish moving but not taking. Nathan is an excellent and well informed guide, not only that, he has a fine sense of humour, always good on a day where the fish don't want to come to the fly....

15-20lb Spring Salmon from the Little Run on a Cascade Tube Fly. Four Seasons in one day!
There has been a lot of hard work done on this beat since my sole visit last year - access to the bank is now very good and there are clear signs and entry points for the named holding runs and pools. The Little Run is a fabulous piece of fly water with fish showing all morning.
A big thank you to Nathan the Ghillie for his great advice, tips and enthusiasm and for letting me shelter in the cabin from the snow! First class.

1 Salmon

Despite there being a little too much water for this lower beat I had a very enjoyable first ever day of salmon fishing on the Wye. Nathan the Ghillie was excellent, he stayed with me all day and I was grateful for his in-depth knowledge of the water. He also explained the improvements that continue to be made to the beat; if they all happen then this will go from a good beat to an excellent one. I had one salmon grab my spinner but unfortunately it didn't stick. There are some good looking fly stretches and I hope to be able to fish them at a suitable water height in the future.
I will certainly return to this beat and the river Wye

Fished upper bigsweir today had one salmon 20lb plus on a No 5 gold Mepps single hook, after 10 minutes it shed the hook but took photo of fish on the surface !!! Other fish seen running on beat !!!