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No fish evident on the beat. very overgrown and access difficult

Dry fly.

Challenging fishing for sure. Especially on first day back! Couple of good pools not accessible from water or bank which is frustration. The stream looks low. A few trout about but wow so easily spooked. I'd say 9/10 for difficulty.
Still great though.

Had a fun few hours fishing this lovely little beat. The river was in good condition but there was a stiff breeze blowing upstream that was definitely stronger than was forecast. Fortunately it didn't hinder the fishing too much and the sun occasionally showed itself which helped to make the afternoon that little bit more pleasant.

I can't believe my last visit to this beat was back in 2015! How depressing. Life has changed so much since then with two little boys now keeping my wife and i very busy. Not much time for fishing nowadays sadly. Fortunately i was pleased to find the river looking very much how i remembered it. I was, however, a little disappointed to find that one of the most productive pools from my last visit was almost unfishable due to trailing brambles and spreading riparian growth.

I struggled to find the grayling this time. A fish of about 10" saved the day when it pounced on my nymph as i started to lift it from the tail of a small pool that i almost didn't bother to flick my nymph into. A second cast into the same pool saw a similar sized fish hooked very briefly. The trout were happier to show themselves with four out of season brownies hooked and quickly returned. They were all in fantastic condition. The last fish of the day was the biggest, at about 11" and spent more time somersaulting about in the air than it did in the water. Oh, i also lip hooked a plump minnow of about 2".

Overall a real treat to get out and spend a few hours on the river. It was nice to see a few celandine flowers out and was treated to the wonderful sight of a pair of kingfishers flying right past me. They appeared to glow in such a drab and wintry setting.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

Well a cold foggy morning when I was out with the pooch this morning at half six !!! Minus two and like pea soup with fog . . . Debating in my head where to wet a line .

Plumbed for the little River Dore , and set off , the usual Hereford traffic driving through aaarrrgh that's why I favour the A44 ti be honest and fishing out towards Rhayader and Aberystwyth , still never mind !!!

Got there at ten , parked up at the Tan House Farm pull in , still reading one degrees in my truck, tackled up my six foot two weight , as I know it is always tight in the stream here , single silver and pink tungsten nymph tied on and bimbled down to the beat start . . . . .

Worked slowly up, one small six inch brownie on , slipped back in , mid way on the beat , a decent deep deep pool , worked the nymph, bang!!@ something decent on , and played out a cracking twelve inch grayling, admired then slipped back in , two minutes later and into another one, ditto in size , into a good thing I thought !! But I really worked that pool and no more ladies playing at the party today!! Still was nice to get the two this morning , and that was my lot , a lovely amble upstream, I must say it's in desperate need of a hair cut and lots of new trees fallen across the stream , shame really!!! But three chaps with loppers will tidy this up a treat , needs it big time !!!

A fun couple of hours , two lovely ladies to the net , oh and a rather nice Mailes Pie from Locks Garage . . . . . . . Weeeeeeeell gotta be done hey !!!!

2 Grayling

A couple of hours here, 2 trout to the fly only one landed.We need more water, onto Chanstone Court.

1 Trout

river low with no flow and bright conditions. no fly on the water at all and only saw three rises the couple of hours there. two to nymph three to cdc loopwing dry. between 7-10 inches.

5 Trout

had a few hours on the dore today. very warm with minimal breeze to affect the cast. fair few mayfly about but most risers hitting midge in the slacker water. all to hand between 8-12 inches and the one grayling 8 inches. majority of fish took size 20 f-fly .

11 Trout, 1 Grayling

This was my second day on this beat , didn't have much luck with the mayfly the day before so used various nymphs throughout the session , unfortunately no takers but had a great day exploring this beat ,

Fished from 5pm till 9:30 , perfect conditions and a good mayfly hatch here , only saw a few fish rising , used various mayfly patterns but no takers unfortunately. Still a great evening on the river, lovely setting , lots of wildlife around ,will be back