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Lovely day on the river. Masses of LDO's and midge. Odd fish rising to them. Birds singing like it was springtime. Two small grayling. Roamed the whole beat from top to bottom. Lovely beat and looks fantastic trout water. Fantastic day to be out on the upper Wye. Roll on spring!

2 Grayling

Very cold frost didn't really shift all day. -2 when we arrived it had been -4 during the night and maxed at +2 in the afternoon. Fished the bottom half of the beat, no bites...and unfortunately no fish.....probably due to the conditions.

Lovely day but fishing difficult in bright sun. Hard frost and foggy. Brightened up around lunchtime. Two small grayling and 1 OOS Trout. Glorious weather and river looked a picture. Walked right down to the bottom beat to warm up. Odd Olive seen and saw a couple of small splashy rises.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

4 Grayling

8 x grayling 6-14 inches, 2 x out of season trout 13 and 14 inches. A few hours trotting before the rain came in. The post-spawning trout were nicely coloured fish, but parallel lines from head to tail.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

No fish found. Very cold conditions. Water very cold and heavy frost.. Found salmon that the otter had had for lunch.

Fished with DM from Swansea. Water below normal and clear. Overcast and a balmy 5 deg C on arrival and it didn't get any warmer. Snow on hills and ice in the margins. Both of us trotting and trying not to wade much as the water was painfully cold. Total catch about 40 grayling mostly around half a pound, and mostly caught by DM, but a couple of larger fish to ~1.5lbs. A few large out-of-season trout as well to about 3lbs; superb fish. Had to hunt to find the grayling.

3 Trout, 40 Grayling

1 x grayling 14 inches, plus various parr, trotting. I struggled today, in a very strong northerly and steadily falling temperature. I haven't trotted the Rectory before, so I assumed it would be necessary to roam around in an attempt to find some willing grayling. However, apart from one fish which took pity on me mid-afternoon, I failed to make contact. There is more to learn about this one I am sure. On this occasion it was the angling community, specifically RW from Boughrood, who rescued canoeists (a very pleasant young couple) after a capsize and ran them back to their car. Young couple subsequently suggested to give RW a bottle of wine, but I suggested another gift or a else make it a very good bottle (RW is a wine merchant).

1 Grayling

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10 x Grayling, 7 x oos Trout and 2 x grilse 1x 3lb 1x5lb.

2 Salmon, 7 Trout, 10 Grayling