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I have been so unlucky this year.... I love this beat, but on this day it was near dead. No trout to be seen, other than the 'uncatchable' ones around the Llanoberry Pool. No salmon even seen, despite all the water. Caught about 6 salmon parr.
I did see some youths on the other side attempting to fish. I pointed out they were poaching and words were exchanged. They disappeared, but only as far as downstream, where I could not easily reach. They come here often I have no doubt. The beat should be patrolled more, at least on the other side where there is a public footpath leading to it.

Again a very hot day and although some fish were seen none were taken.

Great days fishing, good weather, lovely beat...

2 Barbel, 9 Chub, 1 Other

Firstly many thanks to all who made the fishing available its a fantastic spot and even gave up a Salmon to me today and has done in the past.We had a bright sunny day but enjoyed the top end under the trees then went down to the Llangoed pool and gutters which at 1ft4" was getting a bit low for fly fishing though a good trout took a h

1 Salmon, 3 Trout

1 Large Roach along with the above.

6 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

This was my first visit to the venue and how lovely it is. The weather was very warm and humid with cloud and sunny intervals. I fished for a couple of hours and wished that I'd taken my waders due to the high banks and really heavy bank vegetation, plus the fact that Richard [Owner] has electric fencing on one side of the river bank above the weir. There were no fish to be seen and the deeper pools were cloudy but plenty of insect life and Damsels. I decided to fish on the bottom with a gold headed hare's ear nymph in the weir pool and took a 5 inch brown staying aware of the overhead power cables.
I had a break which turned into a long chat with the owner who mentioned that he'd noticed a decline in fish stocks but couldn't explain it and to be honest, I hadn't seen the amount of fish I would have expected.
I returned to the lower stretch and ended back at the weir again for another 2 small browns (about 3 inches)and then to my amazement I thought I saw an Otter pop out of the water! I scrambled for my mobile phone and behold managed to get 3 quick photo's of the animal in the weir just to make sure I wasn't going mad in my old age. At that point I decided to leave having had a great experience but I couldn't find the owner to explain why he was probably losing his fish! Perhaps someone in the WUF can pass on the info for me?
Tackle: Sage 7'10" WT3 rod, Rio WF3 Floating line, Furled leader, 1kg tippet.

3 Trout

Two salmon caught today on Rectory beat on the fly. First, late morning. Second, early afternoon. Both fish in the low teens and very fresh. Both carefully returned. My first salmon caught on the Wye! Fantastic day.

2 Salmon

Warm, sunny with slight breeze. Water very clear. Depth 0.535 at Ddol Farm gauge this morning. Wading pretty good as water so clear. No hatch to speak of but various flies around all day. Not as much surface activity as I expected. Used 10' 4wt all day. At times I wanted more weight; at other times I needed less!!
Met the friendly caravan site manager - lovely chap. He's a maggot drowner - please try and convert him. Parking and access is great. Lovely stretch of water but the lowest part of the beat was too "skinny" for me at this depth.
Mixture of fast runs and almost still water.
The deep bits are very deep! 5 WBT all on soft hackle dry to rising fish. Best was 11". All fish in good nick and safely returned.

5 Trout

Bob Rudd caught 15lb cock salmon today at Luggsmouth on Fc

1 Salmon

Started fishing at around 11.00, sunny day, temperature around 18-19 degrees centigrade, with a changeable light wind. I fished with a dry fly from the boathouse end off the boulders. My third cast caught a 13oz brown trout on a Red Tag about 30ft out. Fish looked healthy, well marked and was taken.
Activity on the water was low for the rest of the day (fished until 4.30pm)- only one further bite despite changing flies a number of times. Nevertheless, an enjoyable day. One thing I would say is that it is not the easiest lake to wade in. I ventured out from the boat house hoping to move around the water to areas where there was more activity. However, the bottom was quite rocky and slippy in places and would advise a wading staff, access from the bank (other than near the boathouse)is not that easy.
I travelled from Herefordshire using the mountain road. The scenery is beautiful and the road has been resurfaced in many places - almost worth the angling fee for the journey alone!

1 Trout