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River looking good with clear water. Trout caught on dries towards the end of the beat, also 3 grayling. Trout caught between 10.5 and 17 inches, grayling up to just under the pound. 2 grayling caught on nymphs in the deeper faster runs. Very pleasant day on a new beat (for us).

8 Trout, 5 Grayling

Sadly the river was in full flow and as dark as black coffee so I called it off.

Spent the first hour sitting in the car with a book and coffee - it knows how to rain in mid-Wales! Finally rain eased off so started fishing about 11am in Penlanole Pool. Nothing for 2 hours, tried nymph, klink and dink and small dry flies. Spotted some gentle sips under the far bank. Missed first half dozen takes but then had 6 grayling in an hour - smallest 10" best a good 14".
Then a nasty northerly wind picked up making presentation and casting difficult (for me anyway). Gradually worked upstream and about 6pm had a 12" grayling and a small brown trout in Llandiro Pool.
Saw a mink jump/fall out of a bankside tree, a good 10 foot drop to the water, and swim to the far bank.
Thanks WUF for making these Wye beats available.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

2 browns about half pound both on olive dun. Excellent river conditions. Beautiful beat albeit tricky wading on upper pools compared to gravel of lower pools.

2 Trout

I fished Craig Llyn on Sunday as a guest of Shaun Watkins, on this beautiful stretch of the Wye. The river has an excellent head of grayling and trout. We fished klink and dink also with just a single tiny dry fly size 18 which caught a few fish. This beat has excellent wading, pocket water and great access from the bank. We were lucky enough to be invited by Richard Gipps to fish his amazing stretch of the Wye. The Dolgau beat of the river Wye, which is just above Craig Llyn, is also a beautiful stretch of river with some lovely grayling which we all hooked into. Both beats are well worth the money and you will not be disappointed. A useful tip - wade slowly, use natural looking bugs and very small dry flies or klinkhammers work well.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

17 Grayling

8 Trout, 14 Grayling

Most on dry fly despite cold, windy rainy conditions. I only fished for a few hours as I got there late. Lovely beat

7 Trout, 7 Grayling

First time for us on this beat. Good water & weather conditions combined to give excellent fishing. Fish taken on a mix of methods - dries / french leader & Klink n dink.
Met up with Shaun the owner, a keen angler himself, who gave us some great local knowledge, and was most helpful - Thanks Shaun. Grayling to approx 2.5lbs & Trout to over 2lbs. Fantastic fishery with good access, safe and secure parking - will def be back soon.

15 Trout, 30 Grayling

The fishing was good. Must say great new seats put on bank just to look at river. Met the owner there doing work what a nice guy gave me plenty of info about river was my first time on there will be back for another day later in year great place to fish

3 Trout, 9 Grayling