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6 small trout to 1/2 a pound, all on nymph.

6 Trout

Water level quite high. Kept having to get out of the river to progress, barbed wire played havoc with my waders. Lots of mayfly around midday. As a first experience of the Wild Stream permit it was a wonderful day out. Will return with a shorter rod.

1 Trout

Not even a knock all day.

Started in Rock Pool at 10am and fished until lunch with no result. 1 salmon showed in the pool just below the Chime. Started after lunch below the the bridge. M first had trout and then moved to steps just below the bridge and landed salmon of about 8lb on single hook yellow/gold FC. Easy and quick release with single hook. A tree has fallen on opposite bank and created a great lie between it and the rock in the centre of the river. I expect more fish to be caught in this spot. Water height .85m, slightly coloured.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Back for more and this time the conditions were perfect at about 0.8 metres on the gauge. I fly-fished down the Rock pool early in the morning and no fish although one jumped on the other side of the bridge. On the way down, I saw a tawny owl and also some baby wrens which was just fantastic.
Two more anglers joined me and were extremely helpful. I was once again given pointers and hints and this beat has now come alive for me. It's a great stretch of water. Although I did not catch a fish, one of the others had a 7lb salmon just by the sunken tree at the bridge. A lovely bar of silver! More fish were seen jumping throughout the stretch. I will be back for more!

Just a short 4 hour session at Abernant and my first ever visit to the Upper Wye. Breathtaking scenery and a beautiful stretch of fly water.
Fished the fly through Lady Alexander's Catch. A nice plump Brownie of around 1lb was quickly followed by a 30" salmon - a good 9lb plus. Cock fish, not particularly fresh but returned safely. Fell to a tiny cascade tube - my biggest on fly.
Thanks once again to the Booking Office for their excellent service, information and beat maps.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Aberbwtran is a beautiful and secluded beat. I fished it last year, thought it worth another try. There is a great variety of pools, runs, glides - enough to require a varied fly box, and realistically a 9ft 3 to 4wt rod. This beat has good access, but much of the wading is over jagged bedrock, which is no problem in low clear water but I would be hesitant in coloured water with a bit of flow.
Managed 2 energetic browns of around 1lb each. Last year I had a grayling, and again this year. Stealth and patience always pay off on rivers and another day fishing this beat would allow greater exploration.
Trundling tung head nymphs in the deeper gutters did the job.
It would be nice if more usable access for the less sprightly could be arranged on the path down to the river; this applies to virtually every WUF beat I've fished. Solid stiles would be quick and inexpensive?

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Overcast with some small/med olives & mayfly hatching but only a couple of rises seen. River seemed fairly high and was pushing through very fast.
I caught two fish in the first hour on tungsten bead nymphs and then persevered for the remaining four hours with dry flies catching 3 more. 3 of the fish were about 9-10 inches and 2 were about 6 inches.
I hadn't noticed Himalayan Balsam on this beat before but there seems to be quite a few plants starting to appear in the second field and onwards upstream. There is also a large tree that has fallen across the river in the second field.

5 Trout

10 x trout 6-9 inches on a size 12 Monnow Gosling. This brook is still running fast, still with some colour, and not too much rising on the surface despite a warm evening after a hot day. However, little trout were surprisingly ready to come up to a mayfly pattern.

10 Trout

3 trout up to 12 inches, a few mayfly about but not many fish rising. Caught 2 on a nymph and 1 on a dry mayfly and also missed a few takes to the mayfly.

3 Trout