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Weather was mild with hardly any wind. River had some colour but dropped around a foot throughout the day. Pellet and feeder tactics caught all the fish. Biggest fish 8lb 1oz. A very enjoyable day.

2 Barbel, 12 Chub

Looking back, my first 0 catch return on the Wye in nearly two decades.
Overcast, misty, 7.5-9 air temp, 7.5 water temp. Fished 9:30-1
0.66 on Ddol Farm gauge

3 fish hooked and lost, 2x small and 1 very large trout after it jumped landing on the line, largest I’ve hooked on the Wye (ah the one that got away :-) All fish in faster water with the big trout in a tiny packet surrounded by white water in the middle of the river.
Some fly life at mid day.

Coming from the upper parking, taking the path river left-side, the path down to the river before the house does not appear to be there any more.
I found this some of the most challenging wading of all the beats on the Wye. Sure there is obviously challenging wading elsewhere with boulders and rocky gutters but this beats challenges were less obvious. Look at the water, make a plan of entry, fishing sequence then a couple of safe exits. But those plans got thwarted pretty much every time with the planned exits not being viable when in the river.

I only fished the upper 3rd of the beat due to my slow progress on the wading front.

I’ll definitely be back to this beat as it has huge potential.

Fished 2-5pm
Spoke to the land owner who was very friendly and pointed me in the best way to get down to the river as it isn’t obvious from the map. If you followed the map you’d be fine but the land owner gave a slightly different route further to the right.

Beautiful bit of river surprisingly wide (30+m) in places
Two small graying to had with a nice size grayling lost after it jumped.

2 Grayling

No catches, but a good day anyway.

Three fish all over 1lb, with the biggest a beauty at 2lb. A great start to the trout season. Took me a while to find where the fish were holding, all were taken on nymphs fished deep. There was a brief hatch of march browns and LDOs around lunchtime and an occasional rising fish but I couldn't tempt any to a dry despite my best efforts. A beautiful beat that is well worth a day out, although it did feel as if it would come into its own more as the weather warms slightly.

3 Trout

River still a little high, but great colour. Managed a Trout and had another strong pull. Unfortunately the top of the beat and the best pool (Spring) is inaccessible due to a large fallen tree. This urgently needs attention to allow access.

1 Trout

Cold but a good hatch of LDO's and a few March Browns at about 1.30. Some fish were interested and I got a couple on an LDO dry pattern.

2 Trout

Tried a few different swims and we had a few chub in each one biggest was about 4lb. Counted about 40 cormorants flying past when looking up at rod tip there are lots on the Wye these days

17 Chub

1 Trout

1 Trout