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Worked upstream from bridge, starting at 5.30pm. Finished at dusk.
Not one take!
Not through lack of effort, fish or insect life (there is an abundance of the latter two) but just lack of skill on my part.
I used small olive and black gnats and for a spell when there were no rises, a black nymph.
Hey ho, it is a wonderful beat to walk and sit awhile and with the wall walkway, small pontoons and well spaced seats, one on which the owners have carried out considerable work for our convenience.
It is a real privilege to be able to fish this beat or as it happened this time, cast this beat.

I used 4 different dry flies and only action was on Daddy Long Legs. Unfortunately I didn't catch anything. It was my first experience of wild streams and only the second time I'd fished with flies. I loved it. Nature up close and at its best. The first day was at Lower Grywne Fawr, the second day was at Pontithel. The first was more remote, the second had more water and more fish. Both excellent.
Stayed at the Wye Knot Stop Cafe - good room, very friendly and good breakfast. Across the road was the Griffin Inn - great pub, good food and even better beer.

Nothing caught but a few fish seen. 4 different fish started leaping at dusk when an otter showed up. Small, perhaps a cub or maybe a mink. Have they been seen there before? Lovely fly water, would book again.

3 Trout

Nothing to report on catching fish. Only 2 rises spotted in the whole day. Only saw 3 other anglers on the water who had not caught any trout but had 1 perch!

Super beat.

4 Trout

This turned out to be a very expensive day of casting practice. The river was high, though not in flood and very coloured. You couldn't see the bottom in water deeper than 18". Despite a continual trickle of mayfly coming off, we saw only 3 fish rises the whole day. Not a single rise to any of our mayfly patterns or other dry flies. Nymphs and spiders were equally ignored whether fished up or downstream. We had possible 3 bites on nymph between us in the day. It was hard to know what was up with the trout but they were not in the mood to feed. Shame because the stretch of river is lovely.

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

5 Shad and 1 Trout - 4 Salmon showing in beat 4 and 6.

1 Trout, 5 Other

My companion rose but did not hook a nice fish, but otherwise the day was undisturbed by trout.

Very difficult, no trout to stalk at all. All fish returned.

2 Trout