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Warm, sunny with slight breeze. Water very clear. Depth 0.535 at Ddol Farm gauge this morning. Wading pretty good as water so clear. No hatch to speak of but various flies around all day. Not as much surface activity as I expected. Used 10' 4wt all day. At times I wanted more weight; at other times I needed less!!
Met the friendly caravan site manager - lovely chap. He's a maggot drowner - please try and convert him. Parking and access is great. Lovely stretch of water but the lowest part of the beat was too "skinny" for me at this depth.
Mixture of fast runs and almost still water.
The deep bits are very deep! 5 WBT all on soft hackle dry to rising fish. Best was 11". All fish in good nick and safely returned.

5 Trout

Went up for the afternoon with Shaun. Lots of grayling topping throughout the beat, Fly life in abundance, small olives and caddis of different sizes on the water which the grayling were really switch onto. I might have done better with these had I left the salmon rod in the car! Upper Wye should be great for the Tenkara day this weekend.

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

Wash-off. Arrived at approx. 9am and the river was up and coloured after a few days rain. Probably only needed a dry day prior and it would've been spot on.
Cracking spot though and the river looks like it would be incredible in the right conditions, and excellent scenery surrounding - looking forward to going back.

A couple of WBT on beaded nymphs. A couple missed on dries!

2 Trout

Fished the lower end of the beat in the morning with Shaun Watkins 2 grayling taken on nymphs several good takes on nymphs and drys fish rising one trout taken on the dry fly very small flies possible Gnats. Spent too much time on the lower end, moved up to the top end of the beat good head of grayling feeding of the top, one taken on the dry

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Arrived after a large fry up in the café in the garage up the road about 2.30pm. Fished the deep gutters, around any deep fast water. No salmon seen but picked up four trout, one grayling and a good pike of easily 13 pounds, caught by Mick Pritch. Very few rises and what was seen seemed to be smutting on gnats. Saw a lot of coch-y-bonddu beatles late on so worth having a few patterns handy in the next week. Tight lines.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Pike

My first time on the Wye. A lovely beat. A little low. Quite tricky wading, easier once I'd fashioned a Hazel staff. I was determined to catch today. No fishing showing on the surface at all so I fished various nymphs in every likely looking piece of water. My persistence was rewarded with three Brown Trout, the largest about 45 cm / 750g A personal best. Went home very happy. Thanks.

3 Trout

River low and clear ,weather dry & mostly overcast, pleasantly warm. Few fish rising but couldn't tempt them, had the smallest grayling I've ever seen on a black GH nymph.
Plusses: saw dippers, small pearl bordered fritillaries and red kites.
Minusses: saw a mink, a goosander and a very thin lamb which appeared to have a very bad or broken back leg.

1 Grayling

river was swollen and coloured from overnight rain ..beautiful scenery!

5 wbt and a stockie to 1lb. Hard going with low, clear water but well worth the effort in beautiful surroundings

6 Trout