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4 Barbel

First time on this stream parked bottom end by the ford, slightly overgrown but very fishable. Access although electric wire around edge not a problem manage to winkle one small 6" trout up to the surface with a Greenwells glory didn't see many but I'm sure with more ability more would have been caught . Will be back, maybe next week.

1 Trout

Water level very low, managed to find a few fish on the shallows at the top end but very spooky, caught all the fish in the fast water at the bottom of the beat on meat couldn't get a bite on pellets biggest barbel 8.5lb other species were eels

3 Barbel, 2 Chub, 2 Other

The Upper Wye is cooling down: now 13 degrees around Llanwrthwl / Doldowlod thanks to the Elan outflow, 16 degrees at Builth and 17 degrees on the WUF live webcam page at Llanstephan, so water now much more fish-friendly for all of WUF's Upper Wye beats and GPAIAC waters at Builth. As has been the case for over a month, very little fly at present. Rarely have I seen the upper river so insect-poor, even at this typically sparser time of year. Deliberatly picked a relatively calm day but only a few sedges, one or two pale wateries and some midge appeared, but not in numbers to elicit any sustained rise even into dusk. Understandably very few rising fish, though some oncers kindly revealed their locations. However, trout and the ladies are looking up and down and, fishing the water mainly in necks, tails, creases and foam lanes, fish were taken on jigs, Red Tag spider and surface patterns like pale HF and pale watery emergers, Goran's Sedge and grizzle EH Caddis…mainly but not exclusively, non-rising trout and grayling to 15” / 1.5lb. Praying that a more typical entomological menu will be on offer as autumn approaches, or will it just be flying pigs?

8 Trout, 12 Grayling

No fish this time but what an amazing place to spend a summer evening.
Beat was easy to access and offered mixed waters to keep the fishing interesting.
I will definitely recommend and be back.

All returned safely. Many more fish missed!

12 Trout

A poor return by the angler considering there were numerous takes in the faster water upstream of Trerickett Bridge. Teams of red and olive nymphs attracted the trout and a few small grayling, seen briefly on the surface before they unhooked themselves! Not much depth to the water yet but it was noticeably cooler - which probably triggered the feeding after many weeks of hot and dry weather-affected fishing.

2 Trout

No fish :(

My son I was fishing with caught an eel. Not big about 18 inches. On chorizo cube. On hook. (Branded fishing bait not food shop) was unhooked successfully
And released quickly.

1 Other

River extremely low but caught steadily all day. Lost 3 or 4 as well. Barbel were all between 4-6 pound and chub 3-4 pound. Other was a nice sized eel. Made up for the blank, the previous day, at How Caple Court.

9 Barbel, 10 Chub, 1 Other