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A lovely looking piece of water and odd fish in it, but the evening rise was really disappointing. Most of the fish that the lads caught were on nymphs in the fast riffles.

6 Trout

Fished with grey wulf mayfly. Rose plenty of fish and missed all but one which then transferred the fly to some tree roots.

Very warm day, with zero cloud cover so the fish were easily spooked. Limited fly activity until late in the day when the fish started to respond to sporadic hatches. Hard work, but we were rewarded with some beautiful trout to 14 inches - all returned safely.

5 Trout

My first time on this beat and just as I thought, being close to town there was many dog walkers, kids swimming in the river and people everywhere.

1 Trout

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Caught on nymph. No hatches and very little fish rises or movement seen. Overcast, the promised sun not showing until we left the river. Long beat with very good stretches to fish.

3 Trout

Fished the morning on the lower beat to no avail, with extra from SMS at Gromain, thank you. Then finished as planned on the upper beat of Llanstephan. Just as I had started to think maybe next time, my line tightened into a fresh 14lb cock fish, which was released safely. I set about finishing Orchard Pool off to the tail and within 2 casts a 12lb hen took me up and down the pool stripping 30 yards of backing off the reel & burning my fingers to boot! That was landed & released safely too. I finished the pool with a fumbled pluck from another at the tail. All fish on 11ft 7-8 wt switch rod, full floating line and own tied cascade.
These days are few & far between on any river in the UK, but having one on the Wye is very rewarding, well done WUF!

2 Salmon

Arrived at 11am with the river low and gin clear and the only small fish seen rising. It was hard going and could have do with more water to fish better. Small dry flies worked. A very nice part of Wales.

6 Trout

3 trout; two of 8 inches, one of 11. All plump and put up a great fight in the 2 foot wide channel. Dry humpy and small black klinkhammer.

3 Trout

Overcast and fairly mild afternoon with the river running clear and at an average height. 10 trout up to about 10 inches caught on dry flies with the majority taking a sedge pattern. A small number of mayfly hatching through the afternoon with a few fish rising for them. Access quite difficult in a few parts due to barbed wire fences.

10 Trout