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1 Grayling

Weather misty till 11 'then the sun pushed though for the start of a glorious day. It was little Dan's first day fishing a river, a slow start but he was shaping up well by the end of the day. He made his customary offerings to the tree gods with half his fly box but we have all been there. Paul Suter was demonstrating the finer points of tenkara to Anthony Wood who was seriously thinking of chopping in is sage rods after only one hour. Getting back to business, the go to flies for the day were nymphs - holy grail light colour only copper headed hairs ear size 16 elk hair emerger and size 18 klinkhammer in smutty white. Looking forward to the next Sportfish training day.

2 Trout, 11 Grayling, 1 Chub

Great weekend.

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

River clear but very bright and warm. Some fish rising. bj 2 grayling best at 12".jj 2 trout to 10". Red Tag, Black and Peacock size 16.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

About 3" above summer normal with a tinge of colour and a downstream wind. 1 small BT on a kinkhammer and a grayling on a small GH black PTN.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

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