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8 x trout, 6 - 11 inches, 2 x grayling 8 inches and 13 inches. A beat with great potential - who knows what dwells in the deep places - but now in urgent need of a trim. The top third is so overgrown that barely 2 pools are viable.

River very low & clear, fished top end of beat for 13 barbel to 9 12 lb and 4 chub to 3lb.

Fished Lower Carrots in bright sunshine. Great location and almost canoe free, but hard fishing. Nothing before 3pm but ended with 5 barbel to 9lb and 2 large chub.

We were lucky to have a cloudy, windless, warm day. Although the river was low and clear and we were strangers to the beat, we quickly found rising fish everywhere. Granted there were lots of smaller fish in the very shallow water but in the gravelly glides of 18" - 3' there were the bigger fish. We probably only managed to get to about half way up the beat before finishing but had caught a very respectable number of fish - 30 or so between us (2 rods). Grayling to 1 1/2lbs and trout to 13" and all on very small dry flies - GRHE in the main. Had to go to 8x tippet and a long leader.

It was lots of fun and the scenery and peacefulness were much appreciated. It seems to be suited to low water conditions as those flows between the islands would be quite difficult with water on. We would recommend the beat most highly.

Despite the lovely bright sunshine that accompanied me to the riverbank in the morning, the later cloud and slightly cooler weather did not improve things as far as fishing was concerned. The very good hatches of fly throughout the day did not seem to attract any interest save from a few small brownies and I fished a wet nymph in some of the deep and dark holes of this lovely beat without success. No salmon seen either, which is hardly surprising given the very low water. Oh well, there is always next year!

I did not catch any fish on either day but this was the fault of the very low river conditions and bright sun not for lack of fish. Cilwych is a difficult beat to fish for Trout with fly in its middle and upper section. The lower section is best for Trout with easy wading. Dan-y-Warren is a nice beat for a couple of hours fishing. I would have caught some fish in slightly better fishing conditions.

Blanked and not a sniff all day. Fly fishing nymph dry also tossing a few smaller streamers. Much too warm, bright and low.

9 trout landed, twice as many again missed. These fish are lightning fast takers! 3 to wet flies in the morning and 6 to drys in the afternoon.

River very low and clear, lot's of fish showing. I had 3 barbel & 9 chub, biggest barbel 7lb. My uncle Brian had 7 barbel & 3 chub, biggest barbel 9lb 2oz weighed, which was the last fish of the day. Hallibut pellets and meat. Also 2 of the barbel caught had old barbed hook's in their mouths...be fair to the fish use barbless hooks as it is the rules stated by the Wye and Usk Foundation. All in all a great day's fishing. Saw a busy king fisher throughout the day and a fox spotted by the car park. Thank's again wyeausk for a great day.

9 Grayling up to 10 inches. All fish caught on size 16 'F' fly. Had a couple of bigger fish on for a while with upstream nymphs. Top end of the beat has got a bit overgrown and access to the river may get tricky when water levels rise but at present it is low enough to wade most of it. Fished here before in November when more fish were showing with much higher water levels, however I would be surprised if anybody found this beat disappointing as it is a lovely place with a good variety of water and a good number of fish.

Needless to say that as usual booking through the foundation was efficient and pleasant.