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Arrived at sub zero temperatures. Walked the full stretch before settling on a swim in the meadow. Pike (8lbs) first cast - only fish of the day but what an atmospheric setting in the freezing mist.

1 Pike

Very hard going and that was just the wading. Nice water will be back in spring time

Very cold frost didn't really shift all day. -2 when we arrived it had been -4 during the night and maxed at +2 in the afternoon. Fished the bottom half of the beat, no bites...and unfortunately no fish.....probably due to the conditions.

A beautiful day with a mix of mist and sun with frost on the trees. 0°C with the water running clear but not too low, the conditions looked pretty good but I only managed to hook a couple of fingerlings on pink shrimp nymphs. I did have a rather wonderful encounter with 3 otters that slipped out from their den and plopped into the water directly in from of me, just as I had made my first cast. While it absolutely made my day I couldn't help but wander what effect the fairly significant resurgence of otters on the wye and usk river systems in general, has had on the fish stocks and would be very interested if the foundation has any relevant data.

2 Grayling

Lovely day but fishing difficult in bright sun. Hard frost and foggy. Brightened up around lunchtime. Two small grayling and 1 OOS Trout. Glorious weather and river looked a picture. Walked right down to the bottom beat to warm up. Odd Olive seen and saw a couple of small splashy rises.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Lugg gauge showing 1'2", a bit of sun around, river clear. One grayling of about 10" to a bead-head red tag.

1 Grayling

28 x grayling 6-13 inches, 1 x out of season trout 10 inches, trotting and Tenkara with maggot. Mostly modest grayling of 11-12 inches. A grey, misty day, relatively warm and with the river quite clear and slowly falling off from 1ft 8 inches on the Llanstephan gauge.

28 Grayling

Nymphs were the order of the day on this dull, dank windless beat. The Lugg was pushing through and was clear, albeit slate blue of colour. It was a hard slog today and the first fish was hooked at 14:45 hrs, not in a deep pool but at the tail end. Up until that point there wasn't anything that resembled a tug, let alone a take. Both fish were fingerlings and we were grateful for them on a day like today. Bring on spring.

2 Grayling

River low and fairly clear. 2 Grayling taken in morning (biggest 16") on tungsten head pink shrimp fished Czech style. No grayling after lunch, 4 x OOS Trout from upstream section on nymphs. New stiles have helped access a lot!

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Weather dull, grey,and misty. The stream was in good condition and the clarity of water was superb but unfortunately I did not spot any fish at all. There is a large tree that has fallen across the stream about 150 yards downstream from the bridge which I found impossible to negotiate.

(Thanks for letting us know - WUF)