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Arrived at 8am. Mist on the hills and a chill in the air. Absolutely stunning location.
Started off with French leader in Lady Alexander's catch, managed a solitary grayling from the run just below the faster water. A few rises, so switched to the dry, but no takers.

Made my way up to the top of the beat, managed to lose 2 trout that went airborne in Abernat stream section. After a break, switched to traditional wets, and fished down through Lady Alexander's again. Another 7 grayling, between 6 and 9 inches.
Fantastic day, fantastic setting. Pity I couldn't get the trout to stick.

Also saw a salmon show in the beat below the Stone Catch.

8 Grayling

A calm day with just 6" on the WUF Llanstephan guage, so plenty of water accessible on the upper and lower sections of the fishery. Some pale wateries in the morning, some midge, a few Yellow Mays. Sedges also flying around late-afternoon. Some rising fish all day, so stuck to fishing on the top. Had fish on a size 18 HE emerger and size 18 pale HE Duck's Dun. Late afternoon also took fish on a Goran's Sedge variant. Most grayling were from this season's abundant Wye 9-10" year class plus a number of 12-13" fish as well. Most trout <10", apart from a couple of 12-13" fish and 16" 1.5 pounder. Plenty of jagged and long-distance released ladies as well, so a fruitful and busy day all round, also including some time spent gardening. All quiet by 6 p.m.

10 Trout, 27 Grayling

A quiet start at the bottom end of the beat with a few fish rising, some takes, but nothing caught. Three fish caught early pm at the start of the flats just over half way up the beat, then nothing for a couple of hours. The remainder caught late afternoon, again in the flats. All fish caught on emergers.
Only the first 30 meteres or so of the flats are fishable, the remainder being inaccessible due to excessive undergrowth. In short, only just over half of the beat can be fished.

10 Grayling

Great as always

2 Trout

Couple of plucks but nothing landed. A couple of rises and a salmon showed for a bit of excitement

This was my first opportunity river fishing in the UK and I am glad I picked this stretch of the Wye. A beautiful and productive beat. Fishing just the early morning and evening sessions I landed two brown trout, both taken on dries, however, a more experienced fisherman would have had an absolute field day. Fish were feeding on the surface throughout both sessions and I missed a lot of takes.

Water was a bit murkier than expected. Most of the river I could wade. I found the upper stretches more difficult to access and in the evening session stayed in the lower reaches to avoid a canoeist party who were set up on the shores in front on the farm house on the opposite bank.

2 Trout

1 Trout

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Took advantage of the evening ticket offer for a few hours after work - fished from about 7.30pm until about 9.30pm at which point I had to concede defeat to the failing light in my attempt to tie on a new fly. River had lifted an inch and water temps had dropped a few degrees from their highs last week - everything certainly felt a little fresher,
and fishier. Although it was pretty quiet for the first hour, from then on there were plenty of confident and consistent risers to target with a little BWO pattern. Caught 6 ,including a cracking grayling of 15.5 inches, and lost/missed a couple more.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

Fishing well during the morning session with fish caught on wet fly. A large number of fish caught using nymphing method. Slight disruption caused by swimmers staying at Abernant House on the opposite bank. Water level very low with a lot of sediment.

4 Trout, 11 Grayling