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Quite a tough day really with a strong downstream wind which resulted in the expected heavy leaf fall. Level still a little high but the clarity were fine and it was pretty nippy.
Concentrated away from the bedrock/gutter areas as the wading was challenging but did find some grayling in the gravelled areas. There was a flurry of LDO's around lunch time which brought some fish up including one or two healthy specimens. Total for the day 7 Grayling and one WBT. Sad to say there were Goosanders on the beat which we chased off but I caught one grayling with a fresh wound across the back. Goodness knows what they had eaten already.
Nice to see that the beat is available once again. The owner of Llanfechan house is asking anglers to put details of their catches in a diary that they keep.

13lb pike caught on the lure.

One wbt 14 inches long, half a dozen or so fingerlings and probably the smallest fish I've ever caught on a fly. It wasnt much bigger than the fly! And 2 lost grayling at the net. They both looked good fish. Really lovely beat if a little difficult to access esecially the top half as theres a barbed wire fence runnuing the lenght of the river. Extreme care needed if in waders! It's a real shame this beat isn't available in the summer as this I'm sure would give cracking trout sport. Try and make it available please WandU!

Fishing over two days with river up just under four feet and water temperature at about 8 degrees C. Three barbel 6.8ozs,5.4ozs, and 6lb. and lost one. Day two only one barbel 7lb 6ozs. Tried to find the fish but they were reluctant to feed if I did happen to put a bait in front of them. I tried different baits but only halibut pellets scored.
Many thanks to the dedicated, knowledgeable and pleasant keeper Colin Richardson who was a fund of information in our long chat. Will try to get back to the river next summer when the water is hopefully running at normal levels so that I can study the topography of the river bed.

Nothing caught, no takes and tried differing methods. No sign of any fish. River running pretty fast with some very deep pools. Lots of leaves falling onto the water too.
Impossible to fish the whole stretch as you couldn't wade upstream due to the depth in many places. (Not sure where all the 'ladies' were hanging out)! High river banks and difficult access meant it was impossible to get down to the water in most places so, enough with the excuses I fished for 4 hours, it's a lovely spot and I will try again when the conditions are more favourable.
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11 x grayling 10-17 inches, 2 x out of season trout 6-9 inches, trotting. Very high water during the morning - it actually rose overnight although there was no rain, which made me wonder about snow melt in the upper catchment - so difficult fishing initially. However the situation became better as the day went on, particularly in the hour before dark. Otherwise there was a very brief Large Dark Olive catch around 1.00 in the afternoon, and a few fish were rising. I had a chat with a gentleman from London who was fishing the same beat who took advantage of the rise and got a couple with the dry fly, I understand.

2 x Grayling (8 inch) on Dry Fly.
1 x Grayling (8 inch) on Nymph.
1 x Trout (6 inch) Trotted maggot.

The river was in fine winter condition so no excuse for having a blank but I did. Tried all the things that have worked in the past but not today. Lots of knocks but that was it. It was a very bright day with a slight frost the night before - perhaps that was the reason for the dry net. Thanks as always to w u f for giving us the chance to fish great beats like this and taking my booking at such notice.

7 Chub 1 WBT on meat and cheese paste. Note to the Pike angler who had fished there previously and had shoved his plastic bag in the bank and his empty bait bag in the stinging nettles. I went to all the effort to pick it up and put it in MY BAG and took it home and put it in the BIN for you. WHY couldn't you take it home and put it in your BIN??? It must have been more hassle to put your hand in the nettles than take it HOME.

WUF note - Please respect the countryside and the beat you are fishing and take ALL you litter home with you. Anyone caught intentionally littering on Wye and Usk Foundation water will be banned from fishing with the Foundation in the future. This is unacceptable.

Had a full day fishing for pike ,river conditons looked good up, 2 to 3ft & fairly clear. Fished about 8 different swims, all of them 3 times each d/baiting & lures, nearest I got to a pike was 1 dropped run at last knockings. Just nice to get out on the bank and watch the wildlife with out the cannoeist etc. Thanks again to Colin & all at WUF office.