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Very quiet, nothing moving on the surface. Managed to pick up half a dozen grayling all around 3/4lbs on a weighted gold head size 18 down deep. Breaking the silence were a couple of salmon leaping clear of the water making a substantial splash. All fish returned.

6 Grayling

8 Trout

Small flies fished on floaters and intermediates.

2 Trout

First time fishing this beat and really pleased we did. There is a fairly long and hilly walk involved (if you don’t want to fish the first field), so worth leaving the kitchen sink at home. We fished in the wooded section and caught most of our fish between 4-6pm, but we did have the odd fish throughout the day. We fished pellet and feeder tactics, best barbel around 9lbs and we had several around this size (and lots of Chub).
This is a very peaceful and scenic stretch and we really enjoyed fishing it. There are one of two very snaggy areas in this wooded section and we lost a number of feeders working out what was what (and I don’t generally lose much tackle on the Wye). The access in this wooded section is pretty dodgy, if you’re not fit or good on your legs – slippery sloped path and very steep banks leading to the swims. The fact there is rope to cling onto, should tell you everything! But I personally loved the fact it’s been left wild. Would certainly return to this beat!

10 Barbel, 12 Chub

I had to work harder for my fish today on a low and clear river. The cold start to the day, coupled with the beat having been fished the previous day, may also have been factors. I picked up one or two fish from most of the runs I fished; but none of the 5 and 6 fish from the same run that I associate with Lyepole at this time of year. I also found that, a lot of the time, I had to cover a fish upwards of a dozen times before getting a response. As with my previous trip, everything on the same nymph - a Tungsten Endrick Spider. Today's count will be more accurate than previous counts; for some reason, the Grayling figure stayed in my head and, with 4 of the trout coming in the last 15 minutes, even a dunderhead like me could work that one out.
An autumn day at Lyepole, and all's well with the world ...

6 Trout, 17 Grayling

What a lovely beat. The barbel were a little slow on the uptake (or perhaps it was the angler!), but who cares - spent a large part of the day trotting small baits and filling my boots with chub and dace - the numbers are guess work - I wasn't counting but for the most part it was a fish a trot. Some of the chub were nice fish 3lb to 4lb plus plenty of chublets. One nice barbel on the float and then one on pellet in the gloaming.

2 Barbel, 30 Chub, 40 Other

No fish caught during visit, bait used was worms. Float and Leger fishing.

I fished Craig Llyn on Sunday as a guest of Shaun Watkins, on this beautiful stretch of the Wye. The river has an excellent head of grayling and trout. We fished klink and dink also with just a single tiny dry fly size 18 which caught a few fish. This beat has excellent wading, pocket water and great access from the bank. We were lucky enough to be invited by Richard Gipps to fish his amazing stretch of the Wye. The Dolgau beat of the river Wye, which is just above Craig Llyn, is also a beautiful stretch of river with some lovely grayling which we all hooked into. Both beats are well worth the money and you will not be disappointed. A useful tip - wade slowly, use natural looking bugs and very small dry flies or klinkhammers work well.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

No even a bite.

A very quiet day on the river. Saw no salmon; tried fly and spinner almost everywhere North of the bridge, all without even a tug. Water level 530 and stable through the day.