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What a beautiful beat! Arrived early to get a full days fishing in and we were not dissappointed. 9 Good sized graying to 15" and 3 hard fighting brownies. We had to work hard for them in the ice cold water, but it was worth it. All fish taken on heavy beaded bugs bounced across the bottom. We also got a fleeting visit from an otter!!! Thank you for a great day.

River lower and clearer than previous visits. Fished beats 3+4 with maggot meat and cheese paste. NR took 1 chub from beat 4 while I manged 1 chub late in the afternoon from beat 3 to save the blank.

A cold day with a mixture of cloud and winter sunshine. Water levels well down and very little colour. Approx 10 grayling and 1 brownie all caught czech nymphing. Half the fish were graylets but the other half all just over the pound mark. Caught fish from 3 areas. Bend just above the church, deeper pool just above weir and the pool a little further upstream just above the rapids.

One pike, 22lb 14oz. A magnificent fish and the first proper Wye pike I’ve seen in the flesh.

It was the 40 year old cork bung that did it. That fish was a waterlog reader with taste...and not just for herrings. The 20 year old battered salmon net that was patently too small + non functioning drag on reel and a bodged home-made snap tackle completed a functional set up that would have any self respecting tackle tart shuddering.

Lost another on a snag.

After a recent cold snap and a rise in levels the river was pushing through quite hard and the barbel and chub too shy to show. Lighter end tackle on ledger with casters produced two nice grayling and a brownie late on.

A very good result despite being so cold that rod rings were iced up preventing free running line thus hindering trotting. In total we caught 27 grayling between 2 rods from several spots. There were a few fish around 2 lbs and one going to 2.5 lbs. If we were able to present bait trotting properly who knows what the final total would have been? A great days fishing.

A dozen chub to around 4lbs on legered flake. Cracking beat, can't wait for the summer.

An absolutely beautiful, clear frosty morning. Water levels perfect as well but not a fish in the net today. Arrived about 10 or so and was probably fishing around 10:30 - 3:30. Plumbed the likely holes with nymphs and had a few knocks but no fish to the net today. Good luck and enjoy. Think I shall next get to the upper Wye and perhaps find some fish in a bit better numbers.

I fished this beat both on Friday 13th and Sun 15th after getting washed off numerous times last year. As the conditions were perfect I thought I would take advantage.
On the Friday I had between 15-20 Grayling. Fish size was from about 1/2 pound up to one clunker which was over two pound.
Most fish were caught down deep on a Pink Shrimp pattern.
The Sunday was pretty much a repeat of the Friday but with only about 10 fish caught with the biggest about a 1 1/4. I did catch a lovely out of season brownie which was about two pound in a run I had never fish before. I'll be back in summer to find out if it's still there!
Had a interesting finish to the day as a fellow fisherman on the beat had lost his car keys. After trying to find them in the dark and searching nearby fields they were finally found in his fishing jacket by his guide. A good ending on a lovely day spent by the river.

Nil return, no fish seen. River clean at 7 foot on the gauge and rising.