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Accompanied by some large black Bulls. 1 coloured 16lb hen from Lady Alexandra's after 3 failed pulls. Cascade type double fly. Fish taken from centre of the river in turbulence behind a large submerged rock.

1 Salmon

8lb hen, Middle Caban, 1/2" stoats tail tube.

1 Salmon, 4 Trout

Decided to try a maggot approach via feeder and float instead of the usual pellet feeder. Fished all of the swims in this short beat and had fish in short feeding spells throughout the day. Two new species on the Wye for me after catching a decent Grayling and also a Gudgeon !!! Also had 4 small trout parr and a dozen or so Dace. Had 9 typical Wye Chub to 4.04 and a small Barbel. River dropping off with a little colour and some drifting weed in the morning

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Barbel, 9 Chub, 15 Other

The three grayling came from a deep pool at the start of the beat all about 13 inches, the other was a salmon parr of which there were hundreds in the runs at the bottom of the beat. there were a few grayling with them but decided to move on as the salmon parr were eager for my nymphs. this beat is a beauty, plenty of trout and several heavy fish. Of the 15 trout brought to hand ten were well over 12 inches 2 were about 16 inches and I lost a belter of about 18 inches. Sadly the trout on this day reacted to the nymph far quicker than the grayling.. any one who loves there wild streams this one really is a cracking piece of water

15 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Other

9lb coloured cock fish on a black shrimp

1 Salmon

First time to explore this beat. Access to certain areas is well documented in several other reports so suffice to say, the wood is not for the faint hearted. With the coloured river combining with the overcast morning, conditions looked promising but the day turned out to be challenging from both a physical and fish point of view.
Little interest shown in feeder / pellet, but a switch to free-lined meat paid immediate dividends with some very nice Chub on consecutive casts.
As a colder breeze turned up in the afternoon, the Barbel remained elusive but perseverance ultimately paid off with a magnificent personal-best Chub of 5lb 4oz. Another memorable day on a wonderful river, with Kingfishers and Wagtails replaced by numerous Bats as I left.

4 Chub

Having failed to catch a salmon at Gromain on Friday, Karen and I had a second attempt on the beat above on Saturday. With pleasant weather and the water at about 12" on Llanstephan gauge we were both optimistic. I managed a coloured hen of perhaps a little over 10lbs from the lower end of the top planks, deftly unhooked and released in the water by Karen without any handling. Despite fishing 'til dusk it was the only salmon for the day. Karen did manage a nice grayling of about 1.5lbs on a CDC emerger during a break from swinging the double-hander. Another highly enjoyable day on a picturesque beat.

1 Salmon, 1 Grayling

Ray Oakley landed a 14ib cock salmon on a home tied Ray Special at Eardisley

1 Salmon

A very pleasant day fished in hope after seeing quite a few fish in the area - some well coloured but others newer. No fishy action but a good natter with Don and a day spent with mates on the bank made it totally worthwhile.

No barbel on the bank! Blankety blank.