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Two grayling taken on a wet fly and safely returned. Hard going though on a beautiful beat, with few rises.

2 Grayling

River in bad condition, low and clear. Dad had 5 barbel, I had 1 and lost 1, all after dark nothing in daytime. Last year I had 11 barbel so very disappointed with this trip.

6 Barbel

Another beautiful stretch. River low but found good swims below the wood. Fish caught on pellet, barbel to 8lb and chub to 3lb.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

The sudden change in the weather did not bring the fish on I'm afraid.

40 Trout, 7 Grayling

No salmon caught.

River still low but very little drifting debris to contend with. Fished in the meadow to the far bank to find fish and avoid mid-stream snags using standard pellet and feeder tactics. Bites came at intervals through the afternoon. Fish included a baby barbel and two chublets. Weather was mixed with occasional showers.
Generally a good day, as usual with virtually no canoe traffic. Thanks WUF.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

7 x grayling 9-16 inches, 8 x trout 6-14 inches. 11 inches on the Llanstephan gauge, but still that brown, peaty stain in the water. Rain and then cloud. A few willow fies and pale wateries about, but very little seen in the way of rises to naturals. Apart from a couple on a dry Orange Otter, wet flies were doing better than dries today, so wet versions of Yellow Bumble, Grayling Steel Blue and Ted Tag.

8 Trout, 7 Grayling

Lovely bit of water, Caught all 12 chub and 1 Barbel on the float. Chub ranged from 2lb to 3.5lb. The Barbel was just over a pound. Really enjoyed it on a very picturesque part of the Wye.

1 Barbel, 12 Chub

14lb hen from The Vanstone on the fly.

1 Salmon

The conditions seemed more or less perfect: overcast, quite warm, hardly any wind, a wide variety of flies coming off the water, river perhaps a little low but still plenty of flow. But there was simply nothing happening. We tried everything, all the surefire nymphs and dries, and fished almost all day. But between us we had three splashy and uncommitted rises and two plucks at the nymphs. There was hardly a movement on the surface all day – just the very occasional rise, which was hardly ever repeated. I managed to catch one small trout. All a bit mystifying.
It was still good to be there though. What a beautiful beat.

1 Trout