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7 x grayling 12-16 inches, on a team of leaded wet flies fished at range. A very cold and foggy day in the valley, with the sun just peeping over the mountain about 2 in the afternoon for a short period. Air temperature 1-4 degrees. Water at mid-level and very clear now. Quite hard work, but the very occasional grayling was rising and the takes (many missed) were mostly in mid-water. Grayling Steel Blue on the top dropper got most of them.

7 Grayling

First time on this beat and after walking down to the bottom limit I decided to focus my efforts on the lower pools at the top end where the depth, pace and bend in the river suited Czech nymphing. The fishing was slow, which I expected on a cold day but my efforts were rewarded with six fish, nothing bigger than 14" but all in good condition.The catching flies were a peeping caddis, copper bead head pink thorax GRHE and an orange thorax Czech caddis all in size 14 on jig hooks.

6 Grayling

Cold hard day in truly stunning setting. Start temp was -5 and by 3pm rose to -1. Two chub and a lost barbel. Fish were hard to find

2 Chub

5 Trout, 12 Grayling

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