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Nice place, very slippy wading

4 Grayling

Bright sun, a gusting downstream wind, and a low, clear river, when I arrived de bonne heure this morning. In spite of the low river, I still find the wading at the bottom of this beat plenty scary enough. With nothing rising, and very little fly life, I started with a nymph, picking up a Grayling more or less immediately. Fish then started to rise downstream of me, tantalisingly out of reach. A braver wader might have bagged up; not me though, I managed a couple more Grayling on a Klinkhammer, before moving off those horrible, slippery rocks, and making my way up river.

Not much activity in the Gutter. Up to the top of the beat after lunch. Again, not much fly life, but the odd fish rising. Still on a Klinkhammer, I caught fairly consistently, a combination of casting to rising fish and fishing the stream. This all changed in one run near the bottom of the top of the beat (if you get my drift) where, in a 30 minute purple patch, I must have caught a dozen plus Grayling, practically a fish a cast. Seldom, if ever, have I know fishing like it - it was as if every Grayling in the Wye wanted to meet Mrs Moulder's little boy in that half hour. I cannot explain why; the run itself was fairly nondescript and, as far as I could tell, nothing much was hatching.

A few more Grayling from upstream before having it away home for my lovely wife's beef casserole in Old Peculier and a bottle of Shiraz. A very good day, I hooked just about every fish that rose, with very few long range catch and releases. Let's call it 25 shall we; mostly fish in the 9-10 inch year class, but a handful at 12 inch plus, and a couple of 14 inches. Tres bonne

25 Grayling

Trout active after rise in water lvl

10 Trout, 5 Grayling

Very quick mid morning fish. River level low and strong nw wind. Not much rising but landed 2 and missed 2 all from small pockets to small dries/Adams Klinkhammer's. Lovely spot, excellent directions.

2 Trout

3 Trout

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Early morning session, finished at 11am.

To note 2 groups of day trippers on river in inflatable boats. Owner aware and taking pictures.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

River was low and clear….. and fish were not their usual co-operative selves! We fished right up the beat for 6 trout and 1 grayling – nothing too big. The grayling really don’t seem to have got going yet, pretty well conspicuous by their absence. Mrs Otter paid us a visit last knockings – and am afraid the dreaded knotweed is back, will send an email with location for the habitat team. But still a wonderful beat to be on.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

A picturesque beat but access is difficult in places . during the afternoon a canoe scraped through the water which obviously did not improve the fishing . I feel that reasoning with these people is a waste of time action is needed . However , the landing of a beautiful brownie early evening lifted the spirits . the fish was well over 2 lb . All fish returned alive .

3 Trout