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Blank I am afraid. I couldn't locate the elusive grayling, which must be lurking somewhere - just 1 x 15 inch out of season trout on a Yellow Bumble. Irfon very clear and at a good fishing height.
A thought prompted by a couple of reports read recently. The ground is very wet at the moment and very easily damaged. Even if you have a 4WD, farmers might appreciate it if you don't drive across fields to the bank as you might in summer or autumn, at least until the ground dries. Essential trips to feed stock is causing enough mess.

1 Trout

Beautiful stretch of river but a shame about the noise from the road (and the loggers on the other side of the road). River was high and fast and the weather quite cold but did manage to catch a decent sized Barbel from the slower water at the top end of the beat. Would like to come back when the river is at a more manageable level :)

1 Barbel

Our first visit to the Wye and the river seemed to still be quite high. Tried numerous patterns with no success sadly. Very bright day with a few hatches and definately a venue for future visits.

I wasn't expecting a great deal of sport as the river was still quite high and there was a sharp frost at home. It was still great to be out on the Wye and three barbel to 7lb 3oz, caught from different swims under testing conditions, made the day very enjoyable and worth the long drive.

3 Barbel

River perfect. Lovely setting and fantastic beat. Sadly no Grayling to be had, although this didn't come as a complete surprise. We know next to nothing about Grayling fishing apart from mid Feb is probably not the best time to go.Hope to come back in the spring and fish for trout.

River full up but clear. Both rods fished hard for 5hrs with same set up, Czech nymphing with a trio of flies. Not a sniff of a bite. To round it up got stuck in the church meadow, but it not rain so things are looking up.

Blanked but had an enjoyable afternoon. The river was still racing through after the recent floods but had to take the opportunity while I was over that way. Beautiful scenery, just enjoyed being there. The much mentioned steep and muddy climb was what I expected and certainly opened the lungs. Ignored the top car park as I wouldn't have got off the field and went a bit further on to the public car park. Looking forward to coming back.

Not a very good day only two chub and a roach of about one pound lots of rubbish in the river due to rain. Will be back in better conditions.

River in flood and unfishable.

4 Chub on bread.