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2 trout rods no fish caught. 1 salmon rod no fish caught.
A good salmon seen jumping at the top of the beat, a fresh run double by the look of it.

River in good condition but still quite cold and pushing through strongly. Not helped by the gusty downstream wind, which kept all but a few hardy small sedges from hatching. Struggled to make any sort of contact on nymphs, but managed to save the day by taking a couple of 8-9" grayling from the pool just below the Clettwr Brook - amazingly on a dry!

2 Grayling

Cold wind did not see a fish

Booked the fishing mainly for casting practice, rather than in expectation of catching anything. The river was quite clear, but perhaps 6" too high. Didn't see any salmon, but caught a 2lb brown trout.

1 Trout

Two experienced fishermen who know this beat well but found the high and fast flowing water a difficult challenge. Water speed really too fast for Czech nymphing despite using double beaded patterns. Only 'hits' and the one take of a small brownie was in water about two feet deep and a few yards out from the right bank towards downstream end of beat.
Maybe it was just one of those days where the pleasure of being on the water out weighed the lack of fish!!
(Four dead good sized salmon washed up in reeds where the Clettwr Brook joins the Wye)

1 Trout

Went with my son, my cousin and his son. Had a really fantastic day thanks to great work and help from Oliver Burch and Kim Tribe. Oliver took my cousin and son in hand and really improved their casting. I learnt Czech Nymphing under Kim's expert eye. My own son was taught a great deal of river craft and picked up a lot of new skill. I would heartily recommend Kim and Oliver to anyone.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Two novices to Grayling fishing keen for a day in the beautiful Wye valley. The river was coloured and well stocked with feisty, hard fighting leaves! No hatch of any significance and little evidence of fish on the surface. The run below Ciliau Falls and Rocks spared our blushes in the late afternoon with small, weighted, dark nymphs proving most successful. The full moon rising over the hills at about 5.30pm provided a stunning finale to an excellent day out.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Struggled today, a contrast from my last visit three weeks ago. For some reason the colder unsettled weather seemed to put the grayling off the feed though I tried my usual range of tactics. Oh well, better next luck next time.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished from 10 a.m. and finished early, quite chilled at about 4.30 p.m. Water 1'2" on the Llanstephan guage and quite nippy at eight degrees. Fairly calm and cloudy for most of the day but a bit of a cold upstream wind, mid-afternoon. Definitely now time for the LJs and also for another top layer next time out - winter cometh! Pale wateries and a few olives appeared early afternoon which induced fish to rise. Whilst fly was still around when I left, the fish pretty much stopped rising at about 3.30 p.m. Had about a third of the fish on nymphs (FBPTN, pink shrimp and Duracell) and the rest on a small light hare's ear Duck's Dun which, as over the last few weeks up north, seems to have induced fish rising to PWs and olives to take up top. Best OOS trout 14" and the rest 10-12", and most grayling 10-12" with a couple of 13-14" fish as well. Must stay warmer next time out!

6 Trout, 15 Grayling

First time on a WUF beat, first time for grayling and trying out a new rod, so a lot to get used to. The river was low but clear and over a full day two grayling came to the net along with a tiny brown trout. Nothing rising so nymphing was the method and the successful flies were a gold head hares ear and a gold head pink nymph. Did see a salmon splashing it's way upstream. Overall a pleasant introduction to the WUF waters.