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First time to this beat, took a friend Howard who had never fished a river with fly rod nor ever caught a grayling on rod and line. We made our way to the bottom of the beat, the river looking a little coloured, and the weather warm, cloudy and very little wind. We started on the dry and I caught a grayling on the dry and Howard had his first grayling shortly after.
Both missed several others before Howard had his second, after this we started moving up the beat. The wind got progressively worse as the day went on and a strong downstream wind made dry fly presentation difficult so we switched to nymphing. Howard had a little brownie, whereas I caught seven grayling. Oddly the only thing they seemed interested in was a white coloured czech nymph.
The Wading at this beat is easier at the lower end, but there are areas with large boulders further up that make wading tricky. So tricky that I took a nice refreshing dip!Overall this beat has so much to go at, some nice pocket water, dry fly flats, gullies, deep holes and fast runs. Really enjoyed the day and will definitely return to this beat, thanks WUF.

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

I met a fellow fly fisherman, Tom, at the parking spot who gave me some great advice on leader setup and preparing a dry fly rod and a nymph rod to save time, gave me three of his self tied nymphs and even his spare pot of frogs fanny. What a gentleman. River in great condition freshened up after the rain. Very happy with my catch even though I lost another three, one of which felt big. The Grayling was the only rise I spotted and came to an emerger dry immediately after catching a WBT under the same spot on a nymph.
The friendly site manager asked if future fisherman could park in the new parking spot, sign posted next to the site office.
WUF Note : The fishery owner has confirmed the new parking arrangements and the beat details issued to anglers have been updated.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

Water temperature and air temperature low. Cold water from Elan. 11am sun came out, air temperature rose. Sledges started to come off main off the grayling over 1lbs one well over 2lbs. 2 good trout near 2lbs on drys and clink and dink. Evening time fished river Elan many thanks to Richard.

4 Trout, 20 Grayling

20 plus grayling mainly taken on the dry fly and a few on the nymphs. River in great condition and running at a good height. 3 smallish trout to 10" grayling ranging from 10" to 16". Lost a big trout to the dry fly in Harrys pocket in afternoon estimated about 18 to 20".

3 Trout, 20 Grayling

Four grayling with one fish well over two pounds, will be back, great beat thank you WUF

4 Grayling

Perfect condition today few fish caugh on nymphs all the rest on dry flys at the lower end of the beat, fish rising all day many missed fish,great sport on the Brook rods and 3 weight line 5 grayling 2 lbs mark best day fishing

11 Trout, 46 Grayling, 1 Other

Perfect condition today few fish caugh on nymphs all the rest on dry flys at the lower end of the beat, fish rising all day many missed fish, great sport on the Brook rods and 3 weight line 5 grayling 2 lbs mark best day fishing

11 Trout, 46 Grayling, 1 Other

Shame we picked the warmest day of the year to try out this beat. Temperatures reached 30+ degrees so a bit of a hard slog. However, as always there is always an upside to the day and that came with a 4-5lb chub which came up to a black klinkhammer. DC caught a 1lb Grayling and a 3/4 trout. Towards the end of the day when the sun dipped behind the trees fish started to top but they were still elusive as we struggled to match the hatch.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

Spent the morning on bank maintenance cutting over hanging branches, strimming bracken to ease bank casting. 3 new seats opened up another 2 pegs. Fish rising in the morning. Afternoon river was unfishable - high and silty due to the river Elan.

River was high all week until Saturday unfishable cleared by Sunday perfect hight 1ft 3" grayling switched on, main on dry flies excellent day fishing, over the moon.

7 Trout, 24 Grayling