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Enjoyable days fishing and exploring a new beat to me. River predictably low at around 10" but still enough flow to work the fly in pools at top and bottom of beat. 4 brownies to 4lb on salmon flies and a 15lb pike from Llangoed pool on FC. A nice stretch of river and not as heavily booked as Rectory and will return when another foot on the gauge. Ah and not a canoe to be seen all day, the prime reason for booking above Glasbury!

4 Trout, 1 Pike

Lovely days fishing, but sadly no Salmon caught. The river was perfect at this beat, albeit a bit low.
Very few trout rising. There was a small hatch of Olives and the odd Mayfly. My thoughts are that no Salmon are in this beat, even though there was a rise in river levels in the earlier part of the week. A sustained rise in water levels for at least a week is required. Dippers making their presence obvious on the river and even a Hare showed interest at my car.
Good day again Denis

NilWater height 9 inches

Despite promise of some rain, the water remained very low, falling a little during the day, making the slow pull of the Llangoed Pool even slower. However, there were some trout and smolts in evidence there, and I caught a smolt and a salmon parr, hooking 4 others, and with my usual talentlessness, missed them all! DH unfortunately drew a blank for the day. He hasn't had enough opportunity to fish and familiarity with beats helps a great deal.

Roll on this weeks rain....

2 Other

4 Trout

A cool overcast day with some light rain and the river running reasonably low for the time of year. I fished the upper half of this beat up to the suspension bridge having parked at the middle access point. Christening my new 4wt rod with 4 trout the best around 10". New Zealand style did for them 3 taking the beaded PTN and 1 on the Klinkhammer. Very slippery underfoot. Studs and a wading staff recommended.
If you park here be wary of fencing staples on the farm track through the field. There were a fair few of them.

4 Trout

Slight tinge to the water which remains very low. Around midday a small stream on the boundary ran in very dirty and put a 30 meter wide band of chocolate down the right hand bank. Didn't see any rises but had 2 on nymphs. VERY slippery. I had felts and a wading stick and nearly went a few times! There's a covering of brown algae on the bedrock which is lethal. Lovely water and the broom, violets and bluebells are all out in bloom. I love the Upper Wye. Walked right down to the very bottom and worked back up, fished 1100hrs 'til 1530. The stained water made the wading even more tricky as you couldn't see the bottom, so called an early bath! Beautiful place and worth another visit.

2 Trout

6 x trout 10-14 inches, Hair Wing Sedge and Griffiths Gnat. Plus far too many out of season grayling, from parr up to 14 inches. A few hours with the dry fly rod on the way to W Wales. The river was exceptionally low, just 3 inches at Llanstephan gauge, and the sun very bright. I don't know about wellies, but you could certainly ford the Wye in thigh waders at quite a few points. Nothing moving in the pools, which were stagnant with clumps of detached algae drifting, but it was possible to find rising fish in the fast water. This kind of low water day is never wasted though, because it's an invaluable way to explore the details of the river bed.

6 Trout