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Superb beat. All the graylings were big (40 cm an +). Nymph and dry fly fishing.

1 Trout, 20 Grayling

2nd time on this beat and the river was even lower than in Sept, CH fished the woods for 2 chub, BT fished the croy in the 1st field and had lots of roach, I fished middle of the 1st field and lost 2 barbel. Still a very enjoyable day though.

2 Chub, 20 Other

First time on a WUF beat, first time for grayling and trying out a new rod, so a lot to get used to. The river was low but clear and over a full day two grayling came to the net along with a tiny brown trout. Nothing rising so nymphing was the method and the successful flies were a gold head hares ear and a gold head pink nymph. Did see a salmon splashing it's way upstream. Overall a pleasant introduction to the WUF waters.

Although the river was at a reasonable level, loads of floating weeding kept fouling our lines making fishing difficult. Tried a variety of baits from pellets to meat but really struggled for bites.

1 Barbel

Mild calm day offered good conditions. Enjoyed some good sport including watching various salmon showing throughout the beat. Access was excellent with evidence of what must have been a large job to clear the foot path along the river bank.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

A wonderful day spent in this magical little valley. Walking along the track to start at the bottom of the beat, the lack of any noise - aside from my footfall - was incredible.
Indeed, the only sounds I heard all day were the occasional kronking call of a pair of ravens echoing off the valley sides, the chiding song of numerous wrens (seemingly mocking some of my more wayward casts) and the soft cursing of the angler, as I made a hash of another approach to a particularly fishy looking run.
That said, a steady number of Grayling came to hand throughout the day, plus an acrobatic 14inch oos Trout. Czech nymphs accounted for all fish, despite half an hour covering a small pod of rising fish in the afternoon hatch.
The majority of the Grayling were in the 12-14 inch bracket, but I am still kicking myself at the loss of a fish well over 2lb that I played for over five minutes, and almost netted twice, before it slipped the hook. I thought I had hooked the bottom to begin with...but then it began to move!
Lyepole really is a stunning beat and never fails to put a smile on the face - thanks WUF.

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

4 trout all between 2.5 lbs and 3 lbs

4 Trout

Turned up for a good walk & a look, very low water, warm day. walked most of the length, jungle stick needed, a few made swims, make yours. No fish seen. will go again, needs another foot of water. Nice friendly people in the adjacent house. Just wanted to get home at the end of a long grinding week.

4 x grayling 10-14 inches, 6 x out of season trout 7-11 inches, Gold Bead Hare's Ear nymph. Another challenging day on the Dore, water still very low and clear, carpeted with leaves - weather still warm and windy. Out of season trout rather prominent again, but a remarkable number of grayling, some of them of fair size, were spotted in the pools. As far as I know, the weir at Vowchurch (top of the beat) is as far as the grayling go up the Dore, but there seem to be plenty here. All we want is a few more inches of water and a little colour and this should fish very well.

4 Grayling

As elsewhere, river very clear, slow and low enough to see the bottom in all but one of the pools. Nothing much moving either, found it hard going, landed 2 trout and one nice grayling at 12" on weighted pink shrimp. Still, I now know the contours of the pools for next year!!

2 Trout, 1 Grayling