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First trip of 2017 turned out to be a difficult cold day, in low clear water conditions. Deep nymphing, which we considered would probably be the most productive method, produced just 1 grayling, 1 oos trout, and a small salmon kelt. The day was saved somewhat by a small flurry of activity as a few Large dark olives drifted past, and caught the attention of a couple of decent sized grayling. 5, I think were taken on dry olive patterns before the wind, and failing light put a stop to activities. A good day to be out though, on what is a fantastic upper Wye beat.

1 Trout, 6 Grayling, 1 Other

One chub caught using maggots.

1 Chub

A good day on a lovely bit of water up at Craig Lyn with some nice grayling on nymphs & dries up to a 1 1/2lb or so with the odd trout & a small kelt cock salmon in the mix too. Nice to meet the owner - Sean top bloke - will be back again.

1 Other

Four Grayling: 2x16",1x15",1x14" Three brown trout: 2x15",1x10" Stick float and maggots...
Cold sunny and clear day. River up but only slight tinge of colour. Saw large male otter who did his best to avoid me filming him!Lots of dippers about, one heron and large flock of lapwing.No cormorant sighted. Got stuck in car park but managed to dig myself out...sorry about the ruts! Lovely characterful river and pleasant lowland scenery.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Beautiful sunny day but very cold. Nymphing all day with 8 small grayling caught. All fish took the dropper fly which was a jig nymph with an orange thorax. Lovely pretty beat to fish. The new stiles have made the access a lot easier.

8 Trout, 8 Grayling

Very peaceful beat. Targeted pike initially with lures, nothing happening! The river was coming through at quite a pace but still lots of good looking and accessible areas for the pike. Couple of big salmon spotted on the move and counted 60+ swans on the water at one time although they didn't cause any probs. Decided at 3pm to have an hour or so going for barbel or chub. First cast produced a screaming run, slide down the bank(not the first of the day) which resulted in a snapped rod and a lost fish. This was gonna be one of those days I thought!
With the last piece of luncheon meat I free lined it down the edge and straight away a bite and an immaculate chub of 3 lb saved the day....will be back

1 Chub

Lovely frosty morning. Fished dead bait for Pike, no joy.

River low and clear, air temperature -3 fishing was very slow but we expected this with 2 sharp frost.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

Absolutely stunning fishery- great looking river in amazing scenery. I must say though the amount of treefall in the water detracts massively from the experience. My estimation is 30/40% is totally unfishable. It almost seems like its deliberate the amount of trees blocking the water above the recording studio. This beat could be so much better with more effort put into it. My opinion is its not worth the money as things stand. This beat could be amazing but it needs a lot of attention.
(WUF note we hope to get to this over the winter)

2 Chub

Fished a variety of nymphms only caught one small Grayling no other fish seen river low and clear. Still had a great day out. Thanks WUF

1 Grayling