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River low and clear. Air temperature rising to 15C+ from early morning temperature of 6C. Sunny with some cloud, after early morning mist. Water temp. 10C. Light hatch of olives and other insect life between 1pm and 3.30pm resulted in a sporadic rise of grayling and trout. Three grayling between 1lb and 1lb 4oz, 2 on dries and one on nymph. 5 OOS trout on dries and nymphs, the heaviest 2lb 8oz. All fish returned.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

Difficult day. No fish moving. Water low and clear. Wading treacherous due to rocks being very slippery. Best fish 2lb grayling on emerger plus 2 out of season trout on nymphs.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Weather much cooler than previously (10 C) and water temp 9C. Dry, cloudy, sunny spells. A steady hatch of olives from noon till around 3pm. A few grayling rising at bottom end of beat. Had 2 on dry parachute olive - 1lb 5oz and 1lb 4oz. Also 4 OOS trout, heaviest 2lb 8oz in Craig Llyn pool on dry fly. All fish returned.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

9 x grayling, all 14-16 inches, 5 x trout 6-16 inches. A dark day without a breath of wind, mist on the hills and rain coming on during the afternoon. Water low and the pools very slow. A few willow flies about and some sedges later. To my surprise, the dry fly rod proved to be redundant on this occasion - I couldn't take a trick with it. Almost nothing rising through the day. What did work was very slowly retrieving a team of three traditional wet flies just under the leaves moving downstream on the surface after casting well across. Both trout and grayling then attacked one or other of the flies with surprising violence. Favoured patterns were Grayling Steel Blue and Foster's Yellow Bumble, both tied wet with hen hackles. The 16 inch trout, which was lurking under a tree, took the Bumble on middle dropper and made a nice finish to the trout season. A good day, even though my waders are leaking again.

5 Trout, 9 Grayling

Seemed like a perfect weather day, misty start followed by sun with little breeze. Water peaty coloured, possibly from the tannin in the falling oak leaves. Plenty of those!
Fished from 7.30 to 11.30 then from 14.30 to 18.30 on the whole beat where wading and casting was easiest. Or rather, I practiced my casting for those hours. Tried all the dries on the menu and a few nymphs but not a single take.
Highlight of the day was an otter staring at me from about four feet away but he didn't offer any advice. Just a nice day to out there.

Good day on my favourite Wye beat. Most of the fish taken on dries throughout the day. Biggest fish was a grayling of about 18". An otter gaves us a fleeting visit around lunchtime, but it didn't affect the grayling rising within the pool.

3 Trout, 12 Grayling

River a little low and sun very bright. No sign of fish rising, tried a range of methods, NZ with a bright gold head resulted in a number of small finger length trout. Think I need to practice a bit more. This is a super place to fish and will return next season, hopefully when more water in the river.

The weather was perfect but the river was very low and gin clear. Some sporadic hatches but no real interest shown by the trout or grayling. It is late in the season, but I expected to see more activity given the warm weather and overcast sky. A very pretty stretch of river but with very difficult wading in parts.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

The awful weather persisted. Strong downstream wind made upstream fishing impossible and wading adventurous as the wind threatened to unbalance me into the river.
I fished late pm only when the rain finished and took an excellent chub of 2-3 lbs on GRHE. Some rising fish under the far bank but I could not drift a dry fly over them due to the wind. Casting and mending impossible (for me).

1 Chub

Stunning location, fish taken on dry and nymph. Enjoyable day fishing even though it rained continually.

3 Trout