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Fished for a couple of hours late afternoon. Excellent beat, the water running lower than I expected with the recent rain but still fishable. I took 3 small trout and a grayling from the faster runs with a gold head pheasant nymph but missed several more on the dry. Not on my game and should really have had double figures. I put it down to the really aggressive herd of cows that ran at me forcing me to beat a hasty retreat and scramble over barbed wire. Must be something in the water of the Honddu.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

A hard day as fish were had to find with the odd one caught here and there mostly on pellet.
Note: The gate code opened the entry from the road but NOT the inner gate. As a previous post had indicated the lock could be sticky we played with this for 5 mins without success. Finally had to resort to lifting the gate off the hinges to gain entry. We refitted as normal afterwards but other less able may be stumped and would have a long walk ahead!
WUF Note : The code is correct for both gates but the locks are fiddly and stiff so it takes some patience to open them. The owner has been informed of the problem.

8 Barbel, 3 Chub

Water slightly coloured but clearing and about 16inches up on summer level. GC started the day with a cracking grayling around the 2lb mark and followed this up with 4 more plus a couple of small wbt and 5 salmon parr. DC had a few on and off (blaming barbless hooks not poor technique), then later in the day connected with a fingering grayling and 6 wbt one of which was around the one pound mark and in fantastic condition.
Very little surface activity with no sort of hatch to encourage fish up. Another good day they can't take away from us.
Many thanks to W & U and the fishery owner.

8 Trout, 6 Grayling, 6 Other

River at high summer level, strong flow and good colour, weather overcast until 16.00, then sunny periods. Fishing from 15.00 until dusk. Barbel came steadily, and as seems usual on this beat, several below the pound mark. Lost by far the biggest fish after 7 or 8 minutes to a hook pull. Nevertheless another very rewarding and enjoyable day on the Wye. All fish to pellet/feeder tactics.

10 Barbel, 1 Chub

Had a good day nice beat only people I see all day opposite bank fly fishing 5 barbel 2 big chub

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very hot and humid. No fly. No rises. Water up a little, 1ft 4ins on Rhayader gauge and peaty.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Very hot and humid. Water peaty. 1ft 4ins on Rhayader gauge. No fly and no rising fish.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

5 Trout

Levels too high to wade and no spinning allowed. Fished size 6 cascade from couple of points where access possible. River very murky. No fish seen or touched.

Had a tough session for one of our party and a brilliant session for the other.
One of us went straight to a known swim and got set up for an afternoon on the pin. A brilliant session unfolded with 11 barbel and 1 eel all on the Wallis cast and centrepin. The only sound being the wildlife and the pin screeching!
The other angler struggled in comparison trying new areas with only a chub to show for an afternoons fishing. Eventually settling into a swim a barbel was soon hooked but unfortunately lost in a snag mid river. Eventually the fish came back with 3 in quick succession in the last 30mins. It was less quiet up that end due to a combine harvester in the field kicking out a lot of dust and noise!!!

14 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other