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First time on this beat. The wading was a little trickier than expected, but manageable with my home-made wading staff. The river was low with little flow in sections. Plenty of hatches: olives and yellow may - although strangely enough, I took both fish on a Caddis Pattern.
1 x nine-inch brown trout (taken on peeping caddis jig)
1 x grayling. As it was OOS I put it back quickly without measuring. But it was a chunky beast. (taken on Klink Caddis Green)
Unforecast rain stopped play at 4 p.m. so I couldn't add to my tally, but I'm happy enough with this pair.

Note: If the chap from Cheltenham who shared the beat has lost a Grey's fishing reel case, I've picked it up and can post it, if he gets in touch.

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1 Trout, 1 Grayling

River low and clear, showery. Many rising fish ,but multiple fly changes to get results. 11 fish caught between 2 rods, all on small dry flies, including 2 trout of 3lbs, and 2 of 2lbs

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Be very careful turning into the beat, access is on the brow of a hill along the busy A470. You can just about clear the road with the nose of your car kissing the gate!!! Pulling out not much fun either. Probably worth mentioning on the WUF instructions.

The river was a really comfortable height so the beat was very accessible and wadeable. 10 wbt caught and returned, 8" to 14", caught mostly on weighted nymphs. A trickle of insects - mostly Olives of various sizes - picking off all day but not much rising. Lovely beat, lots of variety, wished we could have fished longer.

10 Trout

My first time on this lovely, varied stretch of the upper Wye and it won't be my last. I've read a few complaints about access in the past if using the upper parking spot but if you follow the instructions and walk down the track rather than the river, it's pretty straightforward.
However, it was a frustrating day. Fishing from midday to about 6:30pm, there was no shortage of fly life (steady hatches of 3 different types of olive) nor rising fish but I struggled to get them to take my offerings. I heard today that some Usk trout were on the aphids over the weekend - perhaps these were too?
The fish were mostly in the slower water mid way down the pools and in the tails. I rose a couple of good ones to small cdc emergers but missed them both before landing three smaller trout up to 9" in faster water that saved the blank!

3 Trout

Good day, lovely stretch of the river

2 Trout

I fished for a few hours before lunch and then again in the afternoon/ evening. There were no obvious hatches but the fish were rising to the top every now and then. I managed to loose a couple of hooked fish on the dry before I landed the a brown trout. A great days fishing in a very nice location.

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1 Salmon

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