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Between my nose and eyes running from all the grass pollen and a strong gusting downstream wind evening dry fly fishing was not happening. Eventually just before dark the wind dropped enough to get two 14” trout on a sherry spinner.

2 Trout

Plenty of fly life though the fish were not quite switched on to them. All 6 fish came from the bottom part of the beat including a couple of decent trout. The other was my hat which after I had gone for an unplanned swim floated off down river but it’s escape was cut short by dad managing to tempt it to take a fly and dragging it back to safety.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Other

4 OOS grayling returned. One looked like it had been in a fight with a predatory bird/mink/otter. Swam off strongly though.

4 Grayling

12 Trout

Water temperature and air temperature both still low. Couldn’t tempt any takes

river low clear and cold, saw plenty of grayling but failed to catch

Fished from about 12:30 to 15:30.

Covered the lower half of the beat (the gullys) Euro nymphing and suspended nymphs with no bites.

Very mild conditions with water temperatures between 8-12 °C, level around 1.1m on Builth gauge and good water clarity. Conditions looked pretty good so not sure what exactly we were doing wrong to get no bites.

Washed off the river by overnight spate

Nothing today, water high

First visit to Doldowlod which is a very nice beat with easy parking and access (lower part didn't fish the upper section). Like the previous day at Craig Lyn, good numbers of upwings and stoneflies about in the Autumn sunshine though again not many fish taking advantage. Once again Euro nymphing proved the way to go with a small pink shrimp on the dropper taking all the fish today. Only fished the lower part of the beat, concentrating on the slower edges of the streamy water. All the Grayling were around the pound mark with the 2 bigger specimens hooked managing to loose the hook during the fight, c'est la vie! Like Craig Lyn, wading should be done careful here as the river flows over bedrock for a large part of the beat and can be very slippery. Very enjoyable weekend fishing the Upper Wye!

2 Trout, 6 Grayling