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Just a short afternoon on the river, broke new grounds with a small Dace on a salmon rod. Didn't give to much of a fight, rain tonight?

1 Other

Beautiful day on the water. Fished team of nymphs, catching fish in the fast running water, the best of them from the runs below the Rectory, in amongst the ranunculus. Most we're small, but best trout went 3/4lb, and the chub and grayling were 1/2lb. Two very big WBT were seen stalking and crashing the fry in the margins. A few salmon showed during the day, Couple of Parr also hooked, all fish returned.

10 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Chub, 2 Other

With the river very low, never going to be easy but steadily caught trout and grayling to 10 inches throughout the day.

8 Trout, 12 Grayling

My son and I try to fish together once a year and so I always try to arrange a special day for us. He works very hard and loves to fish. This year we decided it should be trout and grayling as he had not caught The Lady Of The Stream before. I spoke to Dai in the office and he directed me towards the Upper Wye and The Rectory Beat. It's not a cheap day out but bless you Dai, what a day we had. Although the river was low we found running water just below the bridge and about 200yds upstream. Fishing a team of dark coloured spiders we fished no more than 20 yards apart in these two spots and caught fish all day. We lost count but must have had over seventy fish between us. My son Jake caught his first grayling and then added to his tally throughout the day. The fish were smallish but we had some up to 3/4 lb and I lost two very solid fish. They were in tip top condition and we shared a marvelous and memorable day. Bless you Dai and all at the foundation I've fished your waters for a long time now and your service and advice is always freely given and your work beyond reproach. We salute your efforts!

40 Trout, 20 Grayling

A difficult day on The Rectory. Very low water and fish hard to come by, after trying spots which normally produce, moved a round a lot and picked up a few, but no real size. An otter greeted me on my arrival which I could try a blame for the bad fishing, but I don't believe that to be the case.
P.S. I was the only person booked on the beat but there was a guy fishing late afternoon directly above the bridge on the right hand bank, I forgot my Map so was unsure if that was part of the beat until I got home. My Friend fished Gromain and said he saw 2 anglers turn up, one armed with a spinning rod, which I believe is not allowed after the end of August. So must assume they were poaching.

4 Trout, 7 Grayling

River ht. 1'1" and fine weather. Most WBT and grayling were tiddlers with one of each about 9". Most on small white dries or Klinkhammer - which also accounted for the 2 1/2lb chub. Most caught above the bridge.

8 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Chub

Slightly misty conditions in morning. Started at Bridge Pool in the faster water and picked up 5 grayling fishing across and down with a team of spiders and a beadhead bug on the point. Moved up to the tail of rock Pool where the same tactics yielded another 8 grayling. Grayling mainly taking the beadhead bug point fly. Both these beats are full of salmon parr, which augers well for the future. 3 nice brown trout taken from the Ty Mawr pool on beadhead hare's ear flies.

3 Trout, 13 Grayling

A lovely warm day with not too much sunshine, little wind and the water clear at 1ft 1" on the Llanstephan guage. Arrived later than expected at about 10am to find fish rising and accepting emergers, particularly the UB Duck's Dun. Then fished some faster water further up the beat with success, particularly on tung-head, stripped quill nymphs. Returned to this section later in the day fishing duo, traditional and Tenkara, to find rising and non-rising fish taking a grizzle Elk Hair Caddis in preference to nymphs. Then had a rather frustrating hour at the end of the day with fish seemingly rising to an ant fall - many fish being moved but most proving difficult to hook but we still finished the day with yet more grayling and some trout. Took other fish during the day on spiders, nymphs and other dries and emergers. Lost count of the grayling but had at least 60 fish - mainly 8-10" with only 6-8 of 12-13". Of the trout, most were 10" or less but one larger fish of 12" took the nymph during the morning session. Quite a bit of fly around during the day - mainly YMs, stonefly, some small olives and latterly the ants! A fun day during which, remarkably, we both managed to stay dry (quite an achievement given recent experiences on both parts, and the slab hazards on the beat!).

15 Trout, 60 Grayling

The top of the beat was a little difficult to find but once located it was a lovely bit of river. Hooked a salmon in Bridge Pool and performed a long distance release after 20 seconds. Did not get to Rectory Pool as I struggled to find the access.

2 Trout

1', bit of colour after heavy rain over weekend. Skuds of rain.
Was working in the area so took a few hours to have a go. Tried the likely places, but no luck-nothing seen. Egret flew over.