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River at a good level and water nice and clear, although wind pretty chilly for much of the day. Very few signs of a hatch although I did try mainly wets, just to mix things up after a winter of nymphing.
One nice grayling, caught in one of the deeper pools, certainly cheered me up. Probably more luck than judgement as I was lifting the nymphs to start moving to a new spot and, as ever, that movement upwards triggered a take.
Still no sign of a trout to start my season off but there is always next time.................

1 Grayling

An awful lot of water, and a fair few club members a out having success Czech nymphing. We all blanked, and one of us dunked!

Forecast suggested it would be warmer, clearly the weather gods didn’t get memo as it was pretty brisk all morning….so much for Saharan dust and warmth!
River clearing and whilst fishable, was only dropping slowly and pushing through strongly, so plenty of caution required to avoid impromptu switch to wild swimming.

One OoS trout with second cast, quickly returned, a good size if a little slim.

Tried the deeper, slower spots on the meadow stretch and caught a great grayling, powerful and in great condition. So effort rewarded, another fun few hours on the Dee.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Chilly day, river very clear and had settled to a manageable level, much safer for wading than pre Christmas levels.
All 4 caught in the first hour, raising my expectations for the rest of the morning but the fishing gods decided that was my allocation for the day!
Main lesson from this trip was a reminder to get the nymphs to the bottom as there seemed to be immediate results when I adjusted depth where I felt I was fishing too shallow.
Great to get on the river after the recent poor weather, always fun on this great stretch of river.
No photos this time as just too cold to faff around and get the phone out :)

4 Grayling

Took advantage of the easing rain and warmer weather to head over to Llangollen. Great day out, even though a blank. Struggled to find the fish, perhaps a combination of trying new stretches of the river, as well as technique! Although the river level had dropped considerably, it was still pushing through at a pace and so I remain very wary of getting in too deep. Given the pace, hard to find the slightly slacker stretches where the fish might be sitting - and otherwise the weight of the nymph would need to be equivalent to a brick to get it down to the bottom :)

Mild weather spurred the drive over for some winter grayling. River high and running at pace so didn't venture too far into the river when wading.
Struggled to find the fish but really chuffed to get two fish on a dry, one good grayling and an OoS brown which caught me by surprise as there was no obvious hatch or rises - just goes to show that it is always worth trying a dry on some of the seams.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Another fun day on the Dee. River high but certainly fishable, care needed when wading as water pushing through at a fair pace. Water clarity pretty good given the height.

Caught a small grayling with first cast, and then shortly thereafter, caught a big 'un on a nymph - so excited that I managed to lose the fish from the net after taking the hook out while I was thinking "must get a photo of this one"!

Always like to try a dry fly and that proved a fun move, caught 5 more good sized grayling on a dry on the 3 stretches I fished.

Looking forward to fun trips across the winter.

7 Grayling

Tried a few different spots on the extensive fishing available on the ticket. Started around Jenny Jones island and whilst it looked really "fishy" barely got a bite.
Stopped at the Sun pub on the road to Trevor - note that the beat map says parking available there for 3 cars......clearly out of date as luckily I stopped in to check, apparently it is only before noon and they are very proud of their new CCTV and £60 parking fine policy. As I parked up at 11.50am, glad I checked!
Headed to Ty Mawr, some interesting stretches, with lots of fun in the last 30 mins with grayling deciding they liked to look of a dry fly - the hi viz pink para Adams, which I now refer to as the "barbie".
All the grayling caught on dries, all the trout on wet. Another fun day on the Dee.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

20 Trout, 5 Grayling

Another fun day on the Dee, mainly small fish although both grayling worth getting the net wet. No doubt that the rising water temperature and bright sunlight making fishing conditions tough..........can't wait for the arrival of autumn weather, maybe a little more water in the river and milder temps.

So much fishing on this ticket, the beat maps are excellent in explaining parking and access.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling