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Dabbled with the salmon rod but soon switched to a trout rod with 9’’ on the gauge and tea coloured water.
There seemed to be lot of Grayling in the beat today.
Fished duo combinations with most of the fish to a 14 GRHE and a few to an Adam’s.
None of the trout, bar one, were of any size, but the Grayling included two lovely specimens of 2 1/2- 3lb from the cottage pool. All safely returned.
Overcast cooler conditions and a nice peaceful days fishing.

7 Trout, 7 Grayling

Great looking water, looked a bit fresher and with a bit more water on than a few weeks back on our last visit to the Wye.
Fished the top end of the beat in the morning, a good Chub landed first then a barbel of 6lb 10oz two further barbel hooked and lost. A number of smaller chub landed. Most taken on sweetcorn.
The other fish was a big dace on meat.
Moved to the other end of the beat mid afternoon and caught a good number of chub up to 1lb one decent fish hocked and lost. Slightly strange day, out of practice ?

1 Barbel, 20 Chub, 1 Other

Sultry overcast day with a gentle breeze. River low with algae build up in slow flowing areas. Southern arm of the river which flows around the ‘island’ at the bottom of Dinas now a trickle.

15 minute hatch of olives at 14:30 caught the attention of the martins but not the fish. Same with hatch of pale wateries around 17:00.

Three WBT on PTN fished on the edge of the fast water at the top of the beat

3 Trout

8 Trout

River was low and clear….. and fish were not their usual co-operative selves! We fished right up the beat for 6 trout and 1 grayling – nothing too big. The grayling really don’t seem to have got going yet, pretty well conspicuous by their absence. Mrs Otter paid us a visit last knockings – and am afraid the dreaded knotweed is back, will send an email with location for the habitat team. But still a wonderful beat to be on.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

One small tiddler on a nymph.

1 Trout

3 trout taken, slow day but lovely fish

3 Trout

river low, some colour, fished lower end. chub of varying sizes caught on a mixture of baits, two largest on manilla dumbbells. weather hot and generally overcast. no barbel bites.

7 Chub

One small trout on a small nymph. Got a big trout to take a small orange dry fly early on (0730) but it broke my line (1.5 pounds). Hooked another small trout on a nymph but lost it. Stopped at 11am. Great beat, wonderful scenery and wildlife.

1 Trout