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Early evening fishing produced six fish until disturbed by people entering the river from the footpath with a dog who had no regard for other peoples enjoyment. Why for the life of me on a stretch of water this long do people let their dog go in right where you are fishing. 1 dace,4 wbt to about 7 inches and a grayling of 10 inches all returned unharmed.

Stunning beat. Very scenic and lots of varied water. River was very clear and was at 10" on the neighbouring gauge which was comfortable fishing. Struggled a bit under a hot sun and blue skies in the afternoon, but several grayling came to nymphs. In the evening the trout joined the party, first to nymphs and then a bit of an evening rise at about 8.30pm. I finished up with 7 grayling between 8" and 14" and 8 trout between 6" and 12", mostly on nymphs, with a few on dries at the end. No salmon seen.

A pleasant day with not too much wind for a change. Not a lot of fly though, but it is July after all - some yellow mays, a few pale wateries and lots of sedge returning to the water late afternoon. Some rising fish most of the day, but few and far between, and what rose appeared to be almost exclusively trout. Had 16 trout by mid-afternoon but not a grayling to be seen - amazing for Ty Newydd. Then the grayling showed up although most of those caught were not rising fish. I finished with 25 trout and 12 grayling, a couple of chublets and plenty of parr. Most fish were in the 8-10" class with a few trout to 11-13" and grayling to 12-14". Most taken on hare's ear emergers and a couple on nymphs.

Fished for 3 hours in the morning and caught two Grayling on the tail of the spout that runs into the Bathing Pool. I have found this section to be a good fish holding spot, especially when the water is low and the weather hot. Caught fish using a size 16 Sawyers Pheasant Tail nymph. The method employed was casting up into to the spout and allowing the nymph to return witht he current. Very busy fishing, but a good technique which works. Find that anything larger than a size 14 hook is not so good especially in clear water. This is a lovely beat and a delight to have time upon, recommended.

An excellent day on the Wye despite higher then would have liked water. Over a dozen trout caught on wet olive flies, most fish around 9" mark, two trout at 15". Plenty of missed takes. Very interesting day. Thank you.

When I arrived at 10.45 am the river was very muddy after the recent rain.
Started with a Dry Fly on the tip and Nymph on the dropper not a bite, after 2.00 pm changed to two brightly coloured Nymph's and had a 6 inch Brown, which was returned and that was the only bite all day.
There were no fish rising at all, the river is running quite fast, and is currently about 12-18 inched higher than it was in late May

A bit of a strange day weather wise - got colder as the day went on and there were squally showers. All of this unsettled the fish.

Have to wade carefully at the moment as have gammy leg so some areas out of limits. 10 wbt to 12" not our most impressive total and unfortunately neither of the newbies with us managed to break their duck. The action tailed off as the day went on and not a grayling to be seen. Who tipped them off it was the first day of the season I wonder?

But a lovely beat as always!

I caught four brown trout to 8 inches and two small salmon parr, all returned.
By 5pm the river had turned chocolate brown and I packed up. Interestingly the muddy water was all coming out of the Clettwr, the Wye above the confluence was clear.

Caught 2 brown trout, both released. Had a nice day. Thank you.

Three small WBT on Olive Nugget and sm. Adam's....beautiful beat. A lot of rises towards the evening. Thanks again WUF staff.