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Nil catch

After a very windy weekend, bank holiday Monday was a perfect day. At the beginning of the R2 beat towards the washpool I caught a few wild brown trouts, on a black kllinkhammer. Although quite small, they were all fighting like much larger fish. Further up the river where it runs next to the road in deep section I tried a different method as at around 12.30pm the fish stopped comming up to the surface. I used Red Tag with Gold Bead Head, and hooked up a massive grayling, around 3 pounds. Strange thing is that I haven't seen single graying anywhere in the water, fish are easily scared that absolute stealth is must.

Great place, stayed at "The Clochfaen" B&B, great place to stay would recommend to everybody!!

Apologies for not leaving a return in the box at Cregrina when I finished. Pre-occupied with a wader full of murky brown water! Catch of two Brown trout approx 7-8oz? Both returned. One on a pheasant tailed nymph the other on a GRHE. Stayed near Glasbury with a friend. I find the service from the Foundation to be excellent. Thank you!

Would have thought the river was in perfect condition.
Didn't see or touch any salmon. Enjoyable day none the less.

First time on the Wye, river was running off nicely at just over a foot above normal levels. Fished a morning session only (on cricket and beer festival tour) from 7am to midday. Stunning scenery and cracking sport, baited up my swim (1 rod swimfeeder with hemp, halibut pellet groundbait, with hair rig pellet) 2nd rod ledgered hair rig pellet) caught a chub 1st cast, 2 barbel (7.5lb, 6.5lb): FIRST EVER BARBEL!!!!(Perfect condition,no sign of previous contact with homo sapiens). Followed up with lots more chub (best 4lb, 3lb) and got dragged all over the place by a large barbel that eventually snagged and snapped me!! Won the game of cricket as well!!! Happy days, can't wait to come back to the Wye!!

First visit to this beat. Caught 5 barbel to 7lb plus and 6 chub to 4lb plus. Stuck in one swim for the barbel, but went walkabout for an hour with the lighter rod and caught 3 chub and missed 3 from different swims. Good fun.
Nice varied beat, which seemed to me to have more likely swims than some of the other WUF beats. Another good day on the Wye.

Arrived early morning to damp and misty conditions. No fish rising and no fly life to be seen. Managed to land 2 small brown trout, approx. 6 inches, on a New Zealand style rig, one took the Klinkhammer, the other a
GRHE. Then the wind and rain came calling and the river soon swelled considerably. I ultimately succumbed to the conditions and left in time to have a nice roast lunch at the Skirrid Inn.

20 fish, mostly small. 3 very nice trout + 3 med. Grayling A very challenging day. Much enjoyed*

Sorry for a very belated report. Four small trout caught in the evening on a an olive klinkhammer. The highlight was the otter who shared the fishing with me for a short period.

If anyone lost a flybox please let me know via the WUF as I found one on the bank.

Fishery is heavily overgrown with Himalayan Balsam but managed to fight our way through. Caught 6 Chub around 3lb each and one Barbel of about 6lb between 2 rods. A very enjoyable day although I suspect the Barbel are not as prolific on this stretch. Excellent Chub fishing though !