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No fish seen or caught. THe service from the Foundation was excellent.

River low and clear. However, still managed 11 barbel all between 6lb-9lb. Fished through the afternoon and caught at regular intervals right up till 6.30, in fact had a fish on my last cast. Friend who fished with me had one barbel 8lb, his first time ever on the Wye and he can't wait to arrange another trip, this time for some autumn grayling and pike.

8 x trout, 6 - 11 inches, 2 x grayling 8 inches and 13 inches. A beat with great potential - who knows what dwells in the deep places - but now in urgent need of a trim. The top third is so overgrown that barely 2 pools are viable.

River very low & clear, fished top end of beat for 13 barbel to 9 12 lb and 4 chub to 3lb.

Fished Lower Carrots in bright sunshine. Great location and almost canoe free, but hard fishing. Nothing before 3pm but ended with 5 barbel to 9lb and 2 large chub.

We were lucky to have a cloudy, windless, warm day. Although the river was low and clear and we were strangers to the beat, we quickly found rising fish everywhere. Granted there were lots of smaller fish in the very shallow water but in the gravelly glides of 18" - 3' there were the bigger fish. We probably only managed to get to about half way up the beat before finishing but had caught a very respectable number of fish - 30 or so between us (2 rods). Grayling to 1 1/2lbs and trout to 13" and all on very small dry flies - GRHE in the main. Had to go to 8x tippet and a long leader.

It was lots of fun and the scenery and peacefulness were much appreciated. It seems to be suited to low water conditions as those flows between the islands would be quite difficult with water on. We would recommend the beat most highly.

Despite the lovely bright sunshine that accompanied me to the riverbank in the morning, the later cloud and slightly cooler weather did not improve things as far as fishing was concerned. The very good hatches of fly throughout the day did not seem to attract any interest save from a few small brownies and I fished a wet nymph in some of the deep and dark holes of this lovely beat without success. No salmon seen either, which is hardly surprising given the very low water. Oh well, there is always next year!

I did not catch any fish on either day but this was the fault of the very low river conditions and bright sun not for lack of fish. Cilwych is a difficult beat to fish for Trout with fly in its middle and upper section. The lower section is best for Trout with easy wading. Dan-y-Warren is a nice beat for a couple of hours fishing. I would have caught some fish in slightly better fishing conditions.

Blanked and not a sniff all day. Fly fishing nymph dry also tossing a few smaller streamers. Much too warm, bright and low.

9 trout landed, twice as many again missed. These fish are lightning fast takers! 3 to wet flies in the morning and 6 to drys in the afternoon.