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Fished until 1pm a trout and grayling on the French leader and the other grayling taken on the dry fly olives pattern all fish 1-1/2lbs, only the odd few flys hatching no real hatch today. We spent the rest of the day on bank maintenance

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

This beat was fished by three members of the Grayling Society on this occasion.
Weather and river conditions were perfect but the fish had other ideas!

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Washed off

Had the fish in slow deep water. All caught on olive dries. Large hatch of dark olives lasted 3 hours, one grayling 19".

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

Lovely day on river

6 Grayling

7 x grayling 12-16 inches, on a team of leaded wet flies fished at range. A very cold and foggy day in the valley, with the sun just peeping over the mountain about 2 in the afternoon for a short period. Air temperature 1-4 degrees. Water at mid-level and very clear now. Quite hard work, but the very occasional grayling was rising and the takes (many missed) were mostly in mid-water. Grayling Steel Blue on the top dropper got most of them.

7 Grayling

Very hard going and that was just the wading. Nice water will be back in spring time

First trip of 2017 turned out to be a difficult cold day, in low clear water conditions. Deep nymphing, which we considered would probably be the most productive method, produced just 1 grayling, 1 oos trout, and a small salmon kelt. The day was saved somewhat by a small flurry of activity as a few Large dark olives drifted past, and caught the attention of a couple of decent sized grayling. 5, I think were taken on dry olive patterns before the wind, and failing light put a stop to activities. A good day to be out though, on what is a fantastic upper Wye beat.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling, 1 Other

A good day on a lovely bit of water up at Craig Lyn with some nice grayling on nymphs & dries up to a 1 1/2lb or so with the odd trout & a small kelt cock salmon in the mix too. Nice to meet the owner - Sean top bloke - will be back again.

1 Other

The temperature gauge read minus seven on arrival and four hours later read minus two. One 12 inch grayling from Ash Tree pool seemed a good reason for a complete novice to call it a day and head for some warmth. Beautiful countryside and river, will return on a warmer day.

1 Grayling