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Fine day on the river, levels were a bit lower than we would of liked. Long trotting accounted for 15 Grayling and 20 trout, ranging for 5" to 17".

20 Trout, 15 Grayling

Very well looked after Fishery. All pools clearly signposted and plenty seats which was nice. If parking at the caravan park, make sure you've got the right one. You will know when you've found it. Hard going but did manage to winkle out a nice trout of approx 1lb and a cracking 40cm grayling just below the island
Both Czech Nymphing.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Took my grandson to show him how I started fishing and 'trotted' for grayling am. No grayling but 4 small os trout - best 3/4 lb all safely returned. Joined by a friendly angler from Hereford (not fishing) who had a few words of advice. I'll show my lad fly fishing later. Had great lunch at the Seven Stars, round the corner at Aberedw - recommended: smart, friendly, good food and plenty of it. Went back pm to have a look at the top of the beat, where the Edw enters and were thrilled to see salmon collecting in the holding pool there. Another grand stay at Caer Beris Manor (Builth). Following day joined Louis from W&U for a great day salmon surveying on Wye and tributaries (recommended) something my grandson will always remember, thanks to Wye and Usk.

Cold and hard fishing. Tried various swims but no bites all day.

Great day to be out, 8 grayling, 7 around the half pound mark and one decent fish. An otter working its upstream towards me totally oblivious to me until 10 feet away was a highlight, kingfishers, red kites, woodpecker...great day.

8 Grayling

Persevered with nymphs despite the temptation to get the trotting gear out of the car! Still refining my technique but managed two 9 inch fish. Gauge was at 0.58m. Family of otters living in the Grandstand Pool. Salmon swimming under my feet.

2 Grayling

Seems like a difficult stretch but it was a very cold morning. Tried all good looking spots with meat but only managed 2 small chub. It maybe a summer/autumn stretch?

2 Chub

We turned up early morning to find the river was still tanking through from the heavy rain earlier in the week. Our initial target species was pike but due to the conditions we opted to target the barbel instead. We walked the stretch initially and baited 6 swims with pellet and boilie with the plan to spend a couple hours in each spot. Bites came very quickly with all fish coming on boilie and pellet hook-baits fished right in the edge on feeder tactics.
One criticism of the stretch was the state of the pegs which in some cases resembled a muddy slide and were too dangerous to fish.This meant that we could only really target the top half of the reach safely. For the cost of the ticket this was pretty unacceptable.

2 Barbel, 4 Chub

Fishing for Pike, but they weren't really biting. Although the level had dropped since the heavy rain at the start of the week the water was still a little pacy and coloured.
Fishing static deadbait, giving each swim half an hour before moving. Got one run mid afternoon, but unfortunately missed my only chance of a fish.

12 x grayling 9-17 inches, 11 x out of season trout 6-18 inches, long trotting. Level 0.70 on the Cilmery gauge, slowly dropping and only slight colour. Out of season trout are still being a nuisance. Since the high water, the presence of numbers of salmon is very evident.

12 Grayling