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First ever trip on the Wye targeting pike but my mate went for chub/dace etc. He blanked and I managed a jack. River was flowing faster than I'd of liked but enjoyed it. Many thanks.

A rather chilly but great day at Cefnllysgwynne. Levels were low and we spent most of the day searching out just two and three fish per angler. The day then ended with a fantastic grayling weighed at bang on 2.5lbs just as the snow started to thicken. The place is always beautiful, but more so in the snow!
Final catch, 6 grayling between the two of us, largest being 2.5lb, with the rest around the 3/4lb mark.

Cold day, many baits tried and one six pound Barbel. Lovely day and nice to be out after Xmas.

All blanked, very cold day made worse by this stretch being in the shade from forest during winter months. Interesting piece of water with the islands. There's not really parking where it shows on map, theres a field you can pull off the road but its steep and muddy. There's a car park bit a bit further up the road. We didn't try going down the other way past cottage. The climb up the hill back to car is not as bad as made out just travel light it's not very far.

WUF note - Arrangements are in place to improve the parking just off the road and the hill leading down to the river will become 4x4 parking only.

Catch 0. River coulored and rising on arrival.

3 rods pike fished all likely looking pike swims all morning till 1pm. Tried a selection of static deadbaits and sink and draw with only a 14lb fish to show which took float ledgered trout. Will try another stretch looking for Wye croc!

Foggy when I arrived and chilly, another angler already fishing, think I would have chosen his swim (first spot over bridge) as it was the only area that looked to have a nice bit of flow against a steady piece of water where you would think fish would be? Not the case today however he told me he had one decent bite and this resulted in a hook pull.
After a natter I moved down to the 2 large trees on the same side. Although the river looked fine it was in fact tearing through. Mashed some bread and started with flake on the straight lead but the flow was to strong and with no slack water flake was gone in 40seconds. Set up float rod, sure enough it was ripping through, flake again was my choice on a size 4 with the 6no BB baulked 10" from the hook, float buried 3rd trot down, resulting in a 1lbs 8oz chub. 3hrs with not another touch packed in and left due to it turning very cold. Did not really expect much but must say was surprised how poor it was today, last nights frost gets the blame, will try again before season ends.

13 x grayling 9-16 inches, 5 x out of season trout 9-18 inches, long trotting.
The river still high, coming down oh so slowly, but clear enough. Trotting was possible from just a couple of stances, but extensive wading out of the question. The weather took a sudden colder turn and all day we had a thick fog lying in the upper Wye valley and temperature of only 2/3 degrees.
One decent grayling of 16 inches and in nice condition; the rest were shoats of 9-12 inches, also looking healthy. I am afraid the 18 inch trout was a rather horrible sight: big head and long kyped jaw, eel-like body and two livid wounds from recent cormorant attacks. Between the floods, spawning and the predatory birds, our trout have had a battering lately.

Arrived at beat after a sharp overnight frost. Fog gradually subsided with the afternoon sunny and cold. Water conditions very good. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate any grayling despite trying nymphs at various depths. The beat looked excellent with plenty of likely looking water so I was somewhat dismayed to (almost) blank, the only relief being a nice pound and a half out of season trout in excellent condition, which was returned.

River about as good as you would expect in winter. 2 rods after Pike using deads and lures. Not a touch all day.
One rod per person severely hampers the ability to explore a stretch of this length and becomes overly expensive for one rod over time. I appreciate the desire not to over pressurise pike but with four anglers only on the entire beat at any one time (and from catch reports the overwhelming majority of those in search of Barbel and Chub) that is hardly likely to happen. Won't be back here for Pike and it might be an idea for Wye/Usk to review their policy.