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Then the furry poacher, and finally later in the morning a long stream of bubbles crossed the pool I was fishing.

1 Trout

This part of my report got lost in the ether!
Last visit to Lyepole was on a scorching day yet we had an excellent days fishing. Today, overcast and cooler and with a strong downstream wind. River still very low.
Saw 1 rise all day, caught a single wbt of +8ins on a Copper John and lost another in the same pool and that was it.
Saw otters (or the same otter) 3 times. First time in the deep (not at the moment) pool on the bend at the bottom of the beat. Made both of us jump out of our skins. 20 mins later I suspect same otter appeared about 50 yards upstream of me in a very shallow section. Stayed there for a good 1/2 hour turning stones as he/she splashed way upstream. Finally needed to get past the furry poacher - who has same level of success as I had in that stretch - zero, so he scooted off again.
Later had a long string on bubbles move through another pool I was fishing in - so suspect my friend was back again.
Gave up at lunchtime as heavy showers started. Wye tributaries now getting desperate for some water.

1 Trout

Hot! Lugg low and crystal clear but trout obliged all morning with JM catching 3 and ML 5 on small dun patterns. All on bottom 1/3 of beat. Couple at 6", rest all 8" to 12".
After lunch moved upstream of bridge and nothing caught. Maybe the problem was the guy in his underpants who appeared at 4pm and had been spinning his way upstream all afternoon in front of us.
When advised that the fishing was private and fly only he brazenly said that he had had a successful afternoon but put them all back bar one - which he showed us. It was a magnificent brown trout 2lbs + and heading for the barbeque.
As many details as possible have been emailed to WUF separately.

8 Trout

Very pleasant 3 hours in lovely surroundings. Missed several small fish and caught one surprisingly good trout, at least 1 and a half pounds.

1 Trout

Conditions very tough bright sunshine and spooked every fish I saw. Nil return.

Water level seemed very low. Water also seemed strangely opaque / milky in faster flowing sections which I've not seen before. No fish seen and hence none caught, even so pleasant few hours spent in lovely surroundings.

Afternoon and evening session. Blistering hot to start with at 3pm. Lugg running quite fast and milky. Wading was a challenge at times. A mass of flylife including mayflys. Nothing all afternoon - had on trout on for a couple of seconds. Resumed upstream of bridge at 6.30pm after a break and immediately had a 10" trout on a grhe fished under a Coch y Bonthi. Then had a couple of splashy rises to the fly so off with the nymph. Plenty of splashy rises from small fish until 8pm when river came alive. In an hour had 4 more trout all around 8-10" mark and missed twice as many.
Otter swam through heading downstream so called it a day.
Nice to have new stiles along beat. Having helped clear this beat over the winter - it never ceases to amaze me how fast everything grows. Where we had cleared branches well clear of the river - the weigh of leaves has now brought them back down to the surface.
One of my favourite WUF beats.

5 Trout

5 Grayling

This place is absolutely perfect for a fine day's trout fishing. The river was in tip top condition with just a slight colour to it but otherwise faultless. Great combination of glides and pools all yielding the finest looking brownies I've seen in a long time. I arrived at 8am and left at 4.30pm and caught fish consistently throughout the day. Despite the prolific mayfly hatch, almost all of the action was subsurface and upstream nymph was the order of the day. I began with a hare's ear nymph fished shallow and caught plenty of brownies between 6 and 7 inches, all beautifully coloured and conditioned. On the advice of the cottage occupant, I switched to a deeper presentation and fished the nymph deep into the pools and landed two or three 9 inch brownies and a gorgeous 12 inch grayling. My catch record above is an estimate as I lost count after the 10th fish!

15 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fantastic scenery. Only fished the upstream section, lots of pools and riffles to fish. Small fish caught on dry Greenwells Glory. Fished 4pm to 7pm.

2 Trout