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No fish taken. No salmon seen. 1 salmon parr caught and 1 brown trout 1lb both returned. River level approx 1 foot. Very bright sweaty conditions. Lovely beat and nice fishing hut and facilities. Fished for trout and grayling with 10 foot 3 weight rod with elk hair caddis and red tungsten bead nymph. Both rods fished for salmon on sink tips and cascades.

1 Trout, 1 Other

Very enjoyable days fishing on one of my favourite upper Wye beats. Fished down behind 2 otters moved fresh salmon about 8lb in spring pool gutter & caught a colouring hen fish of 10lb from the spring pool. very lightly hooked on flying c hook which came out in net. Connected with another briefly in same pool. Seen good fish show in Bridge pool.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Third time on this lovely beat. Weather sunny and warm, river 1ft 6ins on the gauge and running clear. Fished full floating line, with 15lb leader and a Cascade. Took the fish at about 10.30am in the Bridge Pool standing on the rocks between the two sets of boards. Fish was c.12-13lb cock, and was quite coloured, good fight, no net so walked it into the bank and beached it there. Unhooked it and held it in the stream to recover; it swam off strongly. Also hooked and lost a fish in the Ferry Pool later in the day, caught two greedy trout which were also returned. Met a couple of fellow rods who were very helpful, had a good chat and learnt a bit more about the beat (local knowledge is gold dust!). All in all a very enjoyable day on superb beat.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

Blank for salmon. A nice warm dull day, rise in level from 10 inches to 1ft 5 inches after rain last night; one might therefore have hoped for some action. But nothing seen or touched. I hope the other rod did better later on. On the plus side, I fished some lovely fly water. This beat, which is about as rocky and wild as the upper Wye gets, may not be easy to wade but everything possible has been done to facilitate access. The new boards are a delight.

Lots of small brown trout about all taken on a flying c. No sign of any salmon. River about 1'. great day out. Had the whole beat to myself.

4 Trout

Low and gin clear water, a couple of fish very active in Ferry pool but no takers.

Fantastic water which, in parts, I found very daunting. No fish but enjoyed my day.

Second visit this year and can't fault this beat. Water high but no problem with access. Took a couple of dunkings even though I had studs soles and a wadding stick. Didn't spoil the day as had three WBT 8 inch - polish nymphing with weighted black PTN on point and Red-tag on the dropper. Had plenty of misses and one that nearly pulled me, resulting in my GRHE being completely stripped.

3 Trout

First salmon! 10-11lbs Caught around 7pm just up from the fishing Hut. Sink tip with black and orange tube fly. Great fight on a 10ft trout rod & #8 line. 1'7" on the guage and dropping. Met some nice people there, thanks for all your help!

1 Salmon

First time visitor and although most impressed, with the ease of access to this remote but well maintained beat, the amount of water available was quite overwhelming and to be honest I came away somewhat disappointed in my lack of success. Most likely due to my limited ability to read the water and can only recommend either the use of a guide or booking into the local B+B for a week to be able to do this one justice!
As suggested by a very helpful season rod I did wade out as far as I could; to a large flat rock [beyond the rapids even], and fished above and beside the “large boulder”. The finest point from which to cast a fly that I have found in 45 years of fishing throughout the UK! [So enjoyable in fact that I fished it through for far longer than necessary].
For trout anglers; I counted 14 runs and hollows in the 50 yard section just in front of the hut while enjoying my lunch, so over 1.5 miles of available fishing that should equate to??

3 Trout