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Good day with above average temparatures so plenty of hatches, mostly pale watery´s and dark olives, some sedge. 4 grayling taken on cdc emerger, largest to 1 1/2 pounds. Small out of season trout to about 1/2 pound taken on weighted nymph. Water a good height and a lovely time of year to be out on the river, even the sun put in an appearance early afternoon which triggered some good hatches and plenty of rises! Many fish missed probably due to my slow reactions but grayling can be tricky to hook on the dry no matter how quick you react! Great day once again!

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Lovely beat wonderful access, fish hard to find. Tried swims throughout the beat, lots of minnows but only one chub of around two pounds and good barbel lost late in the day. Salmon showing all day long, very attractive beat, will be back.

1 Chub

2 Chub

We arrived at the river at 11.30 it is a very nice stretch we did investigate the wooded area and it is a challenge to get down to the river through there.
The river is very low and clear at the moment so we settled for the deeper water some 2-3 hundred yards upstream of the house and fishing hut. There are several comfortable swims there. The first fish was caught within 45 minutes - a Barbel of about 7lbs caught on a boilie.
Then it was a long wait untill it was getting dark before another bite and a nice 2lb Chub was landed caught on luncheon meat. Then the bites started which only resulted in one lost fish and several missed bites!
It is a lovely part or the Wye especially now the leaves are in colour. We stayed at the Red Lion Hotel at Bredwardine which has some 3 miles of fishing too.
Thank you WUF.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub, 2 Other

First time on this beat and loved it. Explored most of the pools and caught mainly on dries around the middle of the day (GRHE emerger).

4 Grayling

A lovely beat, there were a few fly hatching, but not enough to bring the Grayling up consistently , there were plenty of "occasional" risers but nothing that you could target. Probably spent to long after the rising fish, heavy nymphs produced the one fish of the day, although spiders did get a few plucks. Mid Wales is stunning at the moment.

1 Grayling

Went with my son, my cousin and his son. Had a really fantastic day thanks to great work and help from Oliver Burch and Kim Tribe. Oliver took my cousin and son in hand and really improved their casting. I learnt Czech Nymphing under Kim's expert eye. My own son was taught a great deal of river craft and picked up a lot of new skill. I would heartily recommend Kim and Oliver to anyone.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Rained nearly all day. Didn't effect the river levels which were very low. Fished the lower sections in several swims managing a small salmon and 2 small chub on a maggot feeder. Alternated between maggots and pellet feeder and fished till the light faded.
It's a beautiful stretch of the Wye but a word of warning the cows in the lower section are very inquisitive and were a pain in the ass. 2 even broke away from the herd and charged at me. Thankfully I was able to scale a large tree to escape.

1 Salmon, 2 Chub

Four good sized Grayling on small nymphs, (size 18). A few takes on the dry but after some rain they had gone down really. A few Salmon Parr as well. This beat is really accessible and a pleasure to fish. It was also very easy to navigate with named pools. A wading staff and felt/studded boots were required.

4 Grayling, 2 Other

11 x grayling 6-14 inches, 4 x out of season trout 12-15 inches, nymphs on French Leader. A grayling day near home for a change. The water is still extremely low, so I reached the end of the beat by 2.30, just doing the deeper parts. The grayling were mostly shots, but a couple of nice ones. Has anybody else noticed how remarkably blue/lilac the shining flanks of Monnow grayling are, compared with fish from the Wye, Irfon or any other tributary? Of the out of season trout, the three larger ones were stock fish, presumably from the Tregate Anglers water below. Nice looking fish, but blue dye spots on the belly removed any possible doubt.

11 Grayling