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Bright sunshine today and the river had dropped. WAter gin clear. 1 brown trout 10", 1 grayling 14".

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Heavy rain but river clear and rising. 7 brown trout to 11". 4 grayling to 17"

7 Trout, 4 Grayling

Was around 10am on location. Did use a 5wt 9ft and caught beautiful brown trout and grayling (most of good size and healthy). Used several different dry flies during the day. Around 3pm until 7pm it rained and became more difficult to catch. In the evening it was dry again and only in the first hour they where raising once in a while. Beautiful location and easy to move along.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

This beat certainly lives up to its description: it is an absolutely stunning stretch of upper Wye. The rain that had been threatened for overnight didn't seem to have amounted to much and the river was still pretty low and clear. There was some cloud cover, but most of the day was bright and warm so we, like the fish, were looking for some shade.
It was very much an on-off day. There was a little flurry of activity at around 10.00 and another in the late afternoon. We were unable to stay for what might well have been a much better late evening. Even when they were active, the fish seemed in a very picky mood. They weren't taking flies off the surface and most of our fish came to weighted nymphs. We had six trout and three grayling between us. The best trout was just over a pound and the best fish of the day a beautiful grayling of around a pound and three quarters - worth the drive just for that fish really!

6 Trout, 3 Grayling

Bit optimistic for salmon given low water but great fishery to visit. Lovely spot and given some more water would be fantastic. Very friendly people running the caravan park where I parked. Enjoyable day with switch rods, trout and grayling to port and starboards size 12 and 14's. Will be back here later in the season if possible.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lovely Day if a bit hot (Churlish?). 4 small trout all caught on dry flies. CDC Shuttlecock and John Goddard grizzly emerger.

4 Trout

Plenty of fish under the trees and on the glides with larger fish in the fast waters. The pools not as productive as they usually are.

6 Trout

Fished 15.00 until dusk. River looked to be more than a foot lower than last week and very clear. Started below the island at the downstream end where I tempted a small brown on olive dry. Then switched to small black nymph and caught another. Worked the nymph across and upstream without result. Fishing started to rise at 20.00 when I took three more.
A glorious day and the perfect end to our holiday.

5 Trout

One larger grayling, about a pound. Very scenic place.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

The river was higher than when I fished it for the first time last year but fairly clear and not unfishable.
I worked down stream with a small green gold head without success. Late afternoon I came back upstream, took a small trout on black nymph. Met the owner of the beat who kindly suggested I try another pool upstream and advised on which of my dries I should try.
Took two small trout in quick succession before rain stopped play.
Conclusion: I have a lot to learn so must be content with only catching the small naïve fish before I can graduate to finding and deceiving the bigger ones!
Even without catching, this beat is just a wonderful place to spend a day and enjoy the solitude.

3 Trout