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River in flood, very coloured and unfishable

Lovely beat in a very scenic area.
Cold and blustery and alot of water in the river but a good day none the less.
5 Grayling caught trotting with Red Maggots

5 Grayling

arrived at 8.30am to a river up and rising,gale force winds and heavy showers.cooked a lovely breakfast then decided to cut our losses and start our 4hr journey home at 11.trips like this make the good days after 8hr round trip even sweeter!

The river was still running a bit high but was clear and just about fishable although wading against the current was hard work. It was a good day despite an early finish due to wading boot failure! The biggest grayling took a pink shrimp and gave me a new pb. The net in the photo is 15" long. That fish and another bore signs of probable cormorant damage as can be seen in the photo. Other successful flies were a ptn and squirmy wormy ( sorry OB!).

4 Grayling, 1 Other

A days Chub fishing using just good old bread and mash on a perfect winters river. Started at the top of the beat and despite several moves I only had one bite which promptly snagged me solid! A move into the wood and the bottom of the beat produced 6 Chub up to near 5lb. A further lost fish which I just could not stop reaching a bush upstream left me wondering what it was, after a lot of thought I think it may have been a Carp. A lovely day on the river, very enjoyable.

6 Chub

Lowish water level (4.8 cilmery gauge). Clear and 5 degree c. Needed to keep moving to find fish but located some fish at bottom end. The pool above the weir and just below rapids. Largest fish about 10 inches. All czech nymphing.

5 Grayling

No signs of fish activity but very nice stretch of the river. Will be returning in the summer.

1 Pike

Fished with HW. Tough going in the morning with only a graylet each to show for our efforts. We found a shoal at around 1pm and each had some brief success on deep bugs fished on a French leader setup

5 Grayling

A nice day out with two fishing buddies and my first visit to this beat. It’s a lovely stretch of the Upper Wye with plenty of fishing – be prepared for a walk! Lots of varied water from deep, slow moving pools to fast, skinny water. The water was exceptionally clear, which probably made things harder and as ever some quite challenging wading amongst slippery rock – so felt soles are recommended. Although heavy nymphs were the go-to method, a couple of weighted traditional flame tails seemed to work best, swung lazily downstream (accounting for the better fish, two 17" grayling). Based on the type of water, I look forward to another visit, leaving the 10ft 3wt in the car and wondering with the dry fly rod in search of trout. Well worth a visit with safe parking at the top end within the caravan park complex.

6 Grayling