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I always enjoy fishing here. River was a little lower than it was last time, which meant the fish weren't where I expected them to be! All caught on nymphs

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lovely day though fishing was a struggle In the morning with only two grayling from down at the bottom of the beat. Fished back Up the river with nothing doing until a 15 minute spell had 3 grayling and a trout all above 18 inches. Then carried on up the beat with nothing else except a few half hearted rises.

About 6 I was faffing around trying to catch some tiddlers in the slow water at top of the beat, contemplating whether it was time to call it a day, when I was tipped off about rising fish back down the bottom so headed back down there. What followed was some of the best of fishing I can recall (in my relatively short time fishing the Wye).

In about 20 minutes I’d had 3 trout up to 17 inches and 2 grayling up to 12 inches as well as hooking and losing another 4. Fantastic!

All caught on various pattern of dry flies and returned safely. The beat is brilliant and well worth a visit at this time of year. Hopefully - weather and lockdown dependant - might be able to squeeze in another day before the year is out.

There was no report at the time of writing to find a name but the tip of fish rising came from the chap who fished the beat yesterday. Thank you very much!

4 Trout, 7 Grayling

Only one small trout and one smallish grayling on klinkhammers but a lovely day out. I fished from the bottom of the beat from about 11.30, and made it most of the way up.

Clearly what I should have done is return to the bottom in the mid-afternoon. I returned the following day just to take a look and saw numerous fish rising. I tipped off the person fishing at the top of the beat and judging by his catch return it looks like he cashed in! So gratifying to read about this and I’ll know better myself next time.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Can't wait to go again

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

Buittful river owner absolute gentleman and very helpful

6 Trout

Fly was gold bead hares ear nymph. River 2ft above normal summer level but clear

1 Trout

Bright day, water colored. Beautiful stretch with many different environments . Fished nymphs below dry fly / indicator. Couple of takes missed at the top end.

Blank number 9 in a row ! Have left all my fishing tackle , waders etc in a pile in the car park and given it up as a bad job !!! Please feel free to help yourself !!!!????????
Only joking but it did come close to it !!!

Very slow day on the river. Beautiful beat though, plenty of variety - probably my favourite.
Great to meet the owner who really kindly took time to help me improve my technique with french leader - so generous.

2 Trout

Nice sized grayling, good stretch of water to keep you busy all day. Water coloured in morning but cleared, by the afternoon the fishing improved. Top of beat was more productive.

Well kept, coffee and biscuits provided by owners.

2 Trout, 12 Grayling