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First time out on this beat. Nice stretch of water indeed. River up and fast flowing. Searched out most likely grayling spots in the prevailing conditions. Really mild winter´s day. Tempted 6 juvenile grayling (4¨-6¨ class) and another of 12¨ plus 2 out of season browns. Mainly on pink shrimp patterns of various shapes/sizes. Looking forward to returning under lower water conditions.

Arrived early to sleety rain and very cold temp. The water was clear, but running high and fast which made wading in some of our favourite runs impossible. PJ managed 3 good Grayling to approx 2lb and a couple of other tiddlers. As for me, "my first blank"! PJ caught his fish not more than a rods length out on heavy tungsten headed bugs.

High level of water, almost impossible to fish, but I have tried it...no touch, no fish.

7 Grayling upto 1lb 9oz, most over the pound mark. 2 small Brown Trout, 1 Salmon Parr of 6''.

All fish taken in 2 hours before the river got coloured up, on bronze maggots on the bend by the church. Most swims were flowing too fast to present a float very well.

Water a little higher than I've fished before and very slightly coloured ("tea without milk"). Managed 9 grayling (including a beautiful 18" fish and four baby "Graylets") & 3 small WBT. Fished the top end of the beat with up stream nymph and bugging - new water to me but just as appealing as the lower end. Thanks WUF for getting me absolutely hooked on winter grayling sport!

River clear but a little too high so that possible swims limited. Two small grayling and one out of season WBT, fly and maggot at the top end of the beat.

The river had dropped over night but was not ideal. Slightly coloured and a bit on the high side.

JC fished the top section and managed just over half a dozen grayling and a 2.15 lb brownie. All taken on trotted maggot. Fished the czech nymph without success due to the now rising river conditions.
Yes, it was raining again and even a short hail shower occurred.
RJ, PD, WH all fished the lower end of the beat all taking grayling to 1.13lb. RJ had in excess of 20 grayling and enjoyed a cracking duel resulting in a 4.05lb chub. PD had a steady day landing a dozen fish to about a pound. WH had a good dozen or so grayling and lost an absolute whacker after it had jumped clear of the water, slipping the hook in the process and causing a birds nest to add insult to injury.
A great day on a lovely beat. Stayed at the Bronwye guest house in Builth wells which yet again was superb. Thanks to all at the Wye and Usk for hassle free booking and great angling.

3 grayling around 12" - 1 wbt. River up and muddy, fish caught on trotted maggots in front of the big house.

Another good day on this beautiful beat. 7 grayling to 16" and 8 WBT including an 18" beauty thought to be around the 2 1/4lb mark! All came to upstream nymphs & bugs. Thanks WUF.

Ended up having to cancel the trip due to rain experienced leading up to the Wednesday, however I'm aiming to be back next week. A stunning beat!