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The day started out cool, with a touch of drizzle and a blustery downstream wind. Coupled with the low water conditions it soon became apparent that it wouldn't be an easy day of fishing. However the weather improved later in the day and the fishing followed. A number of very small fish (4"-6") caught on the dry fly with grayling outnumbering the trout. Other than that I was very pleased with a trio of more substantial fish - a 17" grayling, a 13" brown trout and a 12" grayling, all released.

This fishing lark is surely a fickle thing! After a relatively good day on the Rectory beat last weekend, (thank you for advising this Seth)where two of us had twenty fish between us I thought I'd have another another go on Sunday. Guess what...Ty-Newydd only gave up one fish, a lovely Graying of about a half pound to a black Hawthorn fished over a bead head hare's ear.
This being only my second trip to the upper Wye I guess I still have a lot to learn about this magnificent river.
There were occasional hatches of fly, accompanied by sporadic rises, but a stiff downstream wind carried the hatches away on a regular basis. I did manage to get a couple of rises to an Adams but these wild fish were too quick for me.
Ty-Newydd is a lovely beat and I hope to return in Sept.
Thank you WUF

Some fish showing, but a blank day in spite of covering the rising fish and several fly changes. I guess some days they take! Plenty of canoe traffic through the day up until about 5.30. All were friendly and polite and did not seem to affect the fish showing.

Third visit to this beautiful spot on the wye. Fished from 5am till 10am until the dreaded canoes arrived. Lots of barbel and chub caught on sweetcorn trotting and ledgering, Great fun! Disapointed to find beer cans and a used meat can left on the first croy by a previous fisherman I would have thought Don's lovely fishery deserves better than that....
We both had another great trip and will be back asap

Saw very few rises all day (on lower section). One fish hooked and lost on a klinkhammer. Some sections impossible to wade. Water very red/brown but clear. Booking system etc v.efficient

After a night of over indulgence and four hours sleep I arrived at the fishery full of anticipation. The river was very low and clear with lots of weed so I plumped for a swim near the Vanstone Pool with a clear channel down the middle. Fishing by 8 a.m. I had a 3lb 2oz chub almost immediately so I was expecting great things. Sadly it proved to be a false dawn and as it was a Sunday the river went canoe crazy. All were, to be fair, sensible and courteous but a series of bizarre sights drifted past constantly and made fishing almost impossible so I decided to catch up on some sleep as it was a very hot and bright day anyway and far from ideal for fishing. Around 3 hours later I woke up feeling dehydrated and pessimistic but at least the boat traffic had died down a lot. I cast out a feeder more in hope than expectation. After around half an hour the tip smashed down twice very quickly and I struck into what was obviously a big barbel. I counted my blessings as, for reasons best known to itself, the fish stuck to the clear channel in the middle of the river and tried to head off upstream. I am sure if it had tried to get into the weed at the sides I would have lost it. Anyway after several long and powerful runs I prised it up off the bottom and eventually could see it up in the water. When I finally started to get the upper hand I thought it would be virtually impossible to net the fish without it getting into the weed first. Once agin I was lucky and she was as quite as a lamb as I drew her to the net. A new p.b. she weighed exactly 10lb 8oz and to say I was elated would be an understatement. Anyway a quick photo and the fish was returned safely and swam off strongly. Immensely broad across the 'shoulders'. Later on I lost another fish in the weed and landed a small chub.

The following day I made and early start lost a barbel and landed another of around 4lb before the swim died as the sun started to roast me so I packed up and made my way home around noon unable to stay until the evening when I suspect the fish would have been on the feed again. Excellent trip and will definitely be back soon.

A beautiful piece of water that held plenty of promise, but in spite of a very good and varied hatch throughout the day, there was no rise, apart from a constant stream of tiddlers that would rise at anything. Tried nymphs, wet and dry, and caught several 3 - 4" fish and one very feisty brownie of about 7". Saw one good fish of about 2lb glide out from the bank to the deep water in middle - so there are fish there!

A great beat. At times there was plenty of fish feeding sub surface but I couldn't work out what type of Nypmh they were feeding on. Total caught was 3 WBT up to 11" on PTN. A handful more not brought to hand.

Nil return. River very very low. A few salmon splashing but mostly dark resident fish. Tough fishing conditions but enjoyable day all the same. Ray very helpful.
Will be back in the Autumn after some rain. A few canoes but not bad considering its August school holidays. Highlight was the Kingfisher.

SK and I enjoyed our day on Upper Bigsweir yesterday. Water very low but we did see about 6 fish. Non caught!