Feedback & Reports

Since I live locally and had contributed to a clearing party back in February, I thought it would be good to inspect our handiwork and spend a couple of hours on the beat. The day was perfect and the beat is truly a beautiful stretch of stream but, apart from some fingerling trout or parr, not fish was to be seen. However, the stream is eminently fishable, the water is pristine, so I am sure that as the weather continues to warm the Crai will come to life.

6 x trout 6-8 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer. This one could definitely use some branch trimming and access maintenance. The barbed wire fairy has been quite liberal with her gifts wherever anglers seek to pass. .

6 Trout

Very bright sunshine made fishing difficult. had 3 rises to a d.h. emerger, landing one trout of 11 inches, lost one and missed the other.

1 Trout

Beautiful day to be on the river but full sun kept things challenging. One good 15" fish to a large grey emerger.

1 Trout

Fresh cock fish 15-16lb safely returned, caught on a cascade.

1 Salmon

3 fish caught on spinners/spoons in a 20 minute spell near the dam wall

3 Trout

Arrived late at about 6 pm. Attractive beat with some deepish pools, riffles, slower parts. Access well marked and good wading. Tried everything but no look. A nice place to be. Very hot bank holiday but most very shaded.

The river on this beat is in good order. Nothing rising so all four fish caught were taken on either a PTN or a hare's ear nymph suspended below a dry fly. The largest fish was 9 1/2" long. A number of other (probably larger) fish were hooked and lost, so the tally could have been greater had the angler been in better form.

4 Trout

Beautiful day to be on the river but not a lot of action to be had. There was a reasonable amount of insect life but not really any rising interest. Tried with some PT nymphs and March browns / grannums. One tug on a nymph but nothing landed! Lovely spot, will be back

enjoyed the day, but it was too bright and sunny. Wye is now running low, fished all day with dry flies. Although there were plenty flies, no sign of fishes. Being truly lucky to catch 1 decent grayling around 2 pounds

1 Grayling