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Four seasons in one day weatherwise, early morning drizzle turning into heavy rain and strong winds which cleared up by 12pm and settled leaving clear skies.
Struggled for some time on the upper part of the beat but found some fish down below the island. The fish are still hard to come by and not moving far from cover, but managed to take 2 grayling, the best just over a pound on very small nymphs fished deep but not hard on the bottom. Took a half pound trout in a deep run directly below the island to finish.
Some evidence of a hatch or two. Very small midges and later some uprights started to come off, Baetis would be my guess
Enjoyable day to start the season.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

A beautiful day but the fish were not playing ball, no sign of a fish all day, tried pretty much everything to no avail. Fish 1 - Angler 0

Blank. Air temperature in the low single figures, no sun, surrounding hills scarred with ice. The river very clear and almost low now. A lonely sort of day with a red kite mewing overhead. A grayling or two would have been company, but they didn't show up. Very difficult.

A beautiful Winter's day on this lovely stream of river. Water clear and falling. I fished Doldowlod the week before and blanked in similar conditions. However this week I found myself in the fish. I really think it is a case of the fish being shoaled up tight, as I caught 4 fish in 10 minutes and then nothing for hours before picking another one up. All fish took deep fished nymphs. Biggest Grayling around the 20 inch mark and a couple slightly smaller. Also and lovely OOS Trout which was very slim but over 2lb.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Very cold hard day with temperatures according to my thermometer on my zinger not getting above 3 degrees all day. Caught 3 small grayling on weighted nymphs. I have fished this beat before in the warmer months and it is a beautiful stretch with some great fishing to be had in the right conditions. With the water running slightly high the deep pools in this beat might just have provided the grayling to much of a good hiding place. My weighted nymphs just weren't heavy enough to get down to where the fish probably were. Wading upstream isn't really an option on this beat either because of the size and depths of the pools. Overall lovely to be back fishing on a stunning stretch of the Wye. Will be back for my next holiday in May!

3 Grayling

Good river condition, but one small grayling caught only.

1 Grayling

First Time on Craig Llyn so spent a lot of time walking the whole beat to suss it out. A lovely stretch, with some deep pools and also some excellent long runs a few feet deep which were perfect for grayling. I caught a few fish here and there on deep fished Jig Patterns and a couple higher up in the water. I'm sure there are some sizable fish here, the best of the day being a fine grayling just over 2lb, and will be back for more.

4 Trout, 8 Grayling

Washed off

Fantastic water conditions, beautiful scenery and, very soon after starting, a fish. Only an 8oz brownie, but the only contact all day. No salmon seen and the heavy afternoon rain and surface leaves eventually made me leave for home. Good to see today's report of 100 salmon moving up from the lowest beats...funny how they know that the fishing season is coming to an end.

1 Trout

First time fishing on the upper Wye, and what a lovely place it is too! A chunky trout of around 1.5lb got the heart racing for a few seconds but no sign of any salmon. Lovely Fishery, and if we get the right conditions next season, I will be back.

1 Trout