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Perfect day. First time on this beat for both of us with the river clear and carrying a little extra level. DW fished fly in the morning and after a brief hatch of LDO's caught 2 Grayling 12" and 1 18" fish (2.5lbs) on dry sedge pattern. After lunch both rods trotted maggots with 70+ Grayling, 12 OSBT, 2 large Chub. All Grayling 10"/18" and all fish returned safely. We will be back.

Water levels up and coloured after more overnight rain, sunny start to the day and very light wind. 1 rod long trotted the other went with dry fly and nymph. 3 grayling enticed by the maggot, sadly nothing on the nymph or dry fly. Heavy rain at about 3pm curtailed the afternoon. Difficult to access for much of the beat in these conditions.

Caught some junior grayling around 8" to 10" in the morning followed by 4 larger ones early afternoon 18" best fish. Also a few oos brown trout all in good condition. A cold day and started to rain at 1pm so called it a day. Lovely looking upper wye beat at this time of year. Lots of leaves to contend with. Fished trotted maggott.

A blank day despite flogging the river from 11 00 to 17 30. Saw only 4 rises all day and no fly life. The river was running at a good pace but was clear.
There was a viscious, and very cold, northerly wind blowing down the river and a hard frost on the ground, I think the " ladies" were not in the mood to feed.
Plenty of" leaf fish" to provide me with false takes. Only fish seen was a large Salmon which jumped in the Edw pool.

Trotted maggots (red most successful) accounted for over thirty grayling, of which three were over two pounds. A few WBT caught as well. First time at this beat. We will be back.

11 Grayling and 1 out of season brown trout.

Caught around 30 Grayling to 1.5lbs, 6 Brown Trout to 1lb plus 1 Chub of approximately 4lbs on maggot and sweetcorn trotted under a float. A great days sport. Could you include grid references or postcodes on beat instructions for those of us who use Sat Navs.

Did not land any fish

Nice quiet spot with easy parking and access however not worth fishing until the level drops a couple of feet. I was told in a local tackle shop, and also thought myself, that the upper Wye drops off quite quickly after a flood, anyway two days since any rain and the water level didnt drop an inch from dawn till dusk. Two small trout, wouldnt even think about wading, maybe try white water rafting next time!

Water high & still very brown today but as there were wadable & open bank sections, we did fish it pretty thoroughly to no avail. Did find a sheltered bend with a shoal of grayling which were fun on dry flies-fish to 1 1/4 lbs.