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3 small trout, 4 small grayling, several parr. All returned. Nymph and dry fly.

3 small trout, 4 small grayling, several parr. All returned
Nymph and dry fly.

6 WBT to the net, all returned safely. Three were 4-6 inches, nicely augmented with three fish 12-14 inches. Several missed takes also. All taken on a klinkhammer fished on a long leader and fine tippet in the flat glides. Riffles were unproductive with nymphs - I think most fish have moved to deeper water while the river is so low. Most of the riffles were very thin.

Fished the stretch on Sunday. Nice quiet little beat. Only 2 small chub, but I was fishing Symonds Yat in the evening so I tackled for that. I fished a feeder but I’m sure trotting a float would be the method. Saw some fish moving, and stalking is the way forward. Will let you know how I get on!

Nothing caught. Some movement in the morning but nothing the rest of the day.

Chub only today. Barbel staying amongst streamer weed, of which there is a lot, making them difficult to land. Next time, with different tactics, I expect to do a lot better.
Access excellent and for the first time on the Wye, my dad, who walks on crutches was able to get down to the river and back up again unassisted. The path to drive down is a bit confusing to find at first. The only way I can describe it is to go straight on through the entrance gate, through two other gates (which aren't mentioned in the description) and you'll end up at the miniature fishing hut.

I wouldn't like to drive out of the gate on my own though. There's absolutely no way of seeing the road left or right, and it can be fairly busy at times, so I wouldn't recommend fishing this one alone.

2 Rods fished 06.00 until 10.30 landing 2 foul-hooked minnows (1 each). Returned to fish 16.00 until 21.30. Rod 1 did not improve his (my) bag. Rod 2 landed 2 barbel one at 7 and 1/4 lbs (20.00) the other at 7 and 1/2 lbs (21.20). Both fish taken on 14mm halibut pellets. Frustrating day on some very good water in an excellent setting. We will be back.

An enjoyable day on a beautiful stretch of river. Fished from 6.00am until 11.30am and caught quite a few Chub but no sign of any Barbel. Returned at about 4.30pm and tried a different swim; this time the Barbel were kind to me and I finished at 9.30pm with a tally of 12 Barbel to 7:7 and 12 Chub. I was especially pleased because I caught 5 of the Barbel trotting with the centrepin, which is a great way to catch them. Most of the Barbel had a lot of fish lice (argulus?) on them; doesn't seem to be doing them much harm however because they were otherwise in good condition and all swam off strongly.

Thanks very much, excellent service from WUF, I'll definitely be back!

From the sublime to the.....well, different! After yesterday's cracking session at Abernant, and never having fished Llyn Em before, today's session was always likely to be an anticlimax! And so it proved. Virtually no fly coming off and hardly a rise to be seen. Emergers drew no fish upwards apart from a trout and a grayling to a hare's ear emerger fished NZ style. A pale watery nymph fished NZ style, and conventionally, tempted a grayling and a trout. A small GRHE tung head took a 13 inch grayling, and a shuttle cock midge, a trout. Fished the riffles, the runs, the creases and the pools; tried emergers, spiders and nymphs and even risked the ankles accessing the top section gutter on the bedrock! Lots of parr on the nymphs and emergers. Will have to go back to try again on a more promising day.

A low clear river, a cold downstream breeze, little insect life - occasional BWO, female yellow may duns and pale wateries. A recipe for a struggle?

Perhaps someone should have told the fish! 39 fish to 2 rods, all on parachute dries. 20 wild brownies - about half were tiddlers but 2 x 16" best fish and 18 grayling - mostly peas from a pod, 10-12" but all with the most wonderful blue and violet hues. Oh - and one small dace.

Ty Newydd delivers the goods once more - many thanks! We need some rain though....