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Found the upper Crai in excellent condition with a good flow of clear mountain water. Conditions very hot and bright. Prolific olive hatch from 11am onwards. Resisted and "unmatched the hatch" with a para adams which resulted in 16 wbt, the majority 6"-8".

Beware of the horse flies when changing at the bottom of the beat!!

One hot and very sunny day. 2 x 8" and 1 x 10" WBT, one on a Klink and 2 on a spider. All were returned. Caught on the lower and middle sections of the beat. Several missed takes.

River up six feet over night and rising. Having never visited this stretch before it made swim selection diffficult as they were all under water. Tons of weed and rubbish coming down. Settled on the only slackwater available. One Barbel of 7lb caught on pellet and one lost.

2 browns to 9" + 12" Grayling. 1 salmon parr 5" approx.

4 WBT to ¾lb

4 barbel to 7lb. Just 1 chub

Arrived early full of anticipation for our first trip to the Wye this year ,only to find the river up by about 3 foot and pushing through. So the next stage was to find 4 fishable swims, so having walked the beat we all settled into the middle section. So out with the bait dropper and in with the hemp followed by the pellets. The fishing was very slow to start, but as ever with barbel fishing when you are not paying attention to your rod you are at risk of losing it (pouring a cup of tea), the rod was hooping over and I was quickly greeted by my first wye barbel for the year in pristine condition and weighing between 6-7lbs. By the end of the day I managed 11 barbel and numerous chub, best fish went 8-14 with 3 others over 8 as well. I do believe the volume of hemp put in helped keep the fish in the swim and the hook bait was nothing larger than 8mm .

9 x trout 6 - 9 inches, on a small Humpy. After a wet night, and after some scurrying about, the only brook I could find running clear was the one on my doorstep! Forest streams don't flood readily.

12 barbel to 7lbs and 7 chub to 3lbs between the three of us. Rising river after overnight rain.

6 x Brown Trout caught ranging from 8oz to 1lb 2oz. 4 returned safely all ranging from 8oz to 1lb, 2 x taken - 1 x 1lb 2oz, 1 x 1lb. Fish all caught on Dry Fly, 4 caught on Klinkhammer, 2 caught on small damsel fly.

River increasingly fast running due to heavy rains day before but generally v good fishing. Area to south of bridge hard to access and most fishing done to the north of road bridge.