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5 Barbel, 3 Chub

The fish wasn't caught on the Caradoc beat, but opposite the Caradoc beat(private beat) 10 lbs

1 Salmon

Very slow day two: the fish were caught at the end of the day I am aware of the swim access debate, however, its dissapointing that the bank below the island which the best swims on the river are only available to mountain goats or the very foolish.

4 Chub

Last Trout trip of the season unfortunately so decided on Cregrina. Water was a little low and very clear and the Trout were mainly in the slow glides which made approach tricky. 9 Trout all around 6 inches took a size 16 F fly about the same amount lost.
Lovely day on the Edw, roll on spring.
Also spotted some Japanese knot weed towards the bottom of the beat.

9 Trout

First time on this beat and only fished from the mill stream down a couple of pools. All trout came from the fast pacey water and most of the grayling from the heads of pools. 3 biggest grayling 14 16 and 17 inches, the others caught were salmon parr. What I fished was very nice water but cannot comment on what's below as didn't fish it. All took point fly on team of nymphs.

8 Trout, 12 Grayling, 12 Other

Not as prolific as we'd hope today.water levels low and very clear so always a challenge. Moved around to different swims and caught fish in each, but nothing spectacular. Was going to try last couple of hours on one of the croys, but someone was fishing opposite so tried a little bit away and although not confident ended up with a few bonus barbel. An enjoyable day.
Not as much wildlife as at Sugwas Court, but still a good showing of kingfishers, buzzards, bats, and an owl or two hooting.

6 Barbel, 7 Chub

9 anglers from Charfield Angling Association enjoyed a day on the Upper Wye, with 5 anglers on Ty-Newdd and 4 on Gromain. They caught plenty of trout to 13" and grayling to 15", on both dry flies, light nymphs and heavy nymphs on both beats. The most successful were those that managed to sink small nymphs in the deep runs on Gromain. Approximately 25 from Ty-Newdd and 55 from Gromain, with about 2/3 of those grayling. A very enjoyable day. About 10" on the Llanstephan gauge.

10 Trout, 20 Grayling

Numbers approximate. See report on same day from Ty-Newdd.

15 Trout, 40 Grayling

Second time on this beat, the first time was back in the spring when I had a fantastic day's fishing. This time things were much more difficult with 30mph winds, thankfully the river here is quite sheltered by the high banks but even so at times there where waves going upstream! Luckily, apart from the wind, the weather was dry and fairly warm and the river looked spot on.
The first field has no access to the river, or none that I could find, the second field is better but does involve climbing down steep banks, however once in the river the wading is very easy, the only difficulty being when the water becomes too deep. From here on access improves but there are still sections of water which seem to be inaccessible.
This is a gorgeous bit of river with some great fish holding areas, the best of which seems to be the faster water with decent depth right at the top of the beat downstream of the bridge, it was here I took two very large trout on my first visit. Today though there was very little fly life, none of the 200 billion promised crane flies made an appearance, just a few very small flies which were bringing the odd trout up, one 10' in front of me which I tempted with a small dry tied by myself on the third attempt, an average fish of around 11" but very welcome on a difficult day.
Thank you WUF for another lovely day on this beat.

1 Trout

Starting at the top end of the beat we had a couple of barbel. A move downstream provided a few more, all caught on pellet with feeder/pva tactics. Anyone fishing in the coming days should watch out for a wasp's nest in a swim at the bottom end of the beat. The last couple of hours provided a lot of action at the top end. A great day on this stretch, we'll be back!

15 Barbel