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12 x trout 6-12 inches on dries. This beat is exactly what it says on the tin: very challenging wading and climbing. Being young at heart is not quite enough in itself - I managed to fall in big-style half way up! But lovely fishing in a wild and beautiful gorge and the trout get bigger as you ascend.

No fish caught. Very sunny. Litter from tourists sunbathing on bank.

River a bit low and the sun too high but there were hatches of fly all day including Mayflies. The trout weren't that interested in the hot sun though. I found a few in the shadows and had 2 at 12" on my rod marker, 1 at 10" and a smaller one. I also lost a slightly bigger fish which took my fly. Unfortunately I had to leave before the sun relented but there was sign of a few more rising at 6.00 when I left. Excellent and long lunch at the Bell made it a very enjoyable day.

Scorching hot day fly fished from 1700 till dark
No fish. Several salmon show just as darkness approached.
Lovely beat but struggled to relate map to cribs have new ones been cut ?? Be back.

1 trout. We were a bit disappointed at the bank access which is not great and is not apparent from the book !
Accuracy of descriptions is important !

Nothing hatching in any numbers and consequently not much rising. A 15 inch grayling early evening saved the day. Came to a size 20 Griffiths gnat.

1 trout 1 3/4 lb, black gnat, 9 p.m.

Fished AM only. 2 trout best ¾lb plus a few small fish

Fished Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd of May.
The river was very low and the weather hot for the time of year. Caught 3 small trout on a small "F"fly Sat, all fish returned. Tried dry, wet, & nymphs on Sun, no good at all. I was supprised at how few Mayflies there were about, although there were a few on Sunday.

Very impressed with the service provided by the Wye & Usk foundation.

First time on this beat and fished from 2pm to about 7pm on what was a very hot afternoon. Water was very low and gin clear. A few fish seen rising but most of them turned out to be very small grayling, did see a few larger fish but they had already seen me.

Flies hatching all afternoon but the only ones I could easily recognise were yellow mays. Didn't find the wading too difficult but the fishing was tough. I managed to catch just one trout a real beauty of 16 inches that took a klinkhammer and missed a couple more my son did slightly better landing another trout of similar size and a grayling just a little smaller both took a weighted nymph all three returned.

A very enjoyable way to spend a hot afternoon.