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Perfect weather conditions.
River was 1 foot too low.
No fish showed throughout our time on the river
Used a variety of Flies, but mostly size 12 or smaller.
Fished a total of 7 hours each

Unfavourable conditions (weather – windy and showers, river – low and cold, no rising fish, fly life limited) made for a challenging day notwithstanding some of the wading however we made the most of the fabulous surroundings and the varied pools. We will be back. No catch to report (sadly)

A nice beat but wading is extremely hard, thankfully I had a wading stick. It was cool and cloudy and very quiet.
The boards were excellent and the water was about a foot lower, I wouldn't want to be on them with them underwater, come off them and it would be interesting !!

Not a bad day for early in the season weather overcast and chilly, about 2/3 of the fish taken on nymphs the others on the dry fly mainly grey dun patterns. Will be back again later this year hopefully I will get to fish other areas of this wonderful beat.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

Not fished water low and a strong cold wind blowing downstream.

Water 8 inches on ferry pool gauge, very clear, temperature 40 degrees. Strong cold downstream wind with gusts of hail. Saw no fish. Catch nil.

No Salmon caught, 3 trout caught on my Salmon fly ( 2" Silver Rat tube ). Returned to river.
A small hatch of Dark Spring Olives but not many trout rising for them.
In any case an enjoyable day.

Brilliant day on this beat which is stunning. The river is very wide here and wading can be very difficult in places. We didn't see a huge amount of fly life but there were the odd isolated hatches later in the day. Two Grayling taken on the surface with Adams patterns later on in the day, 2 taken on spider patters and one on a jig nymph. One 8" WBT taken on a hares ear just under the bridge and a small Salmon Parr taken by surprise just upstream of the bridge in fast water. All in all, a great day in a spectacular place that we really didn't want to leave.

We also thoroughly recommend staying at Plas Gwyn, excellent accommodation in an ideal location for the Upper Wye. Also, The Seven Stars pub at Aberedw is probably the most welcoming village pub I've ever been in and the food is outstanding as well as being good value for money.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Other

The water has fallen sharply and is the lowest I've yet seen, so much so, it was possible to wade across the river at the hut. I used the day to survey some of the beat I haven't fished before. It was a very useful exercise, but with so little water in many places, there was a dearth of fish.

I did catch 3 trout and 2 salmon smolts, which I have classed as 'other'. I don't really think they are what are meant as 'salmon'!

3 Trout, 2 Other

7 Trout