Another fish from the Rectory for Sion Edwards 12lbs. on a small stoats tail Looks a little more than 'slightly coloured' though
A fish from little run at Upper Bigsiew on a small Cascade to Nathan Jubb.  8lds
One from the Nyth for Chris Parkinson
Another from the Rectory well if the 'local angler' exists that is. Reported as 9lb 'fairly fresh on a size 14 fly..  Amazing!!!

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Another amusing post from AR from London on WUF feedback.

Interesting is the paragraph  about 'canyoners' , if that's the right word though I could think of plenty of others.,by a guy and three teenagers arse sliding down the stream in neoprenes.
Yet another set of invaders on our rights to deal with. Where will it all end I wonder?

 A R from London

Thursday 31 August 2017 (1 day ago)

Area:Upper Wye

Beat:Clettwr

Fishing:Trout (River)

No. of Anglers:1

A lazy start on the water today: arrived 09:30 after a late wake-up and a chat with the missus on the old dog and bone. Getting away is why I go fishing. 

Cold start. 11 degrees with cloud cover and rain showers forecast, brightening up later.

The beat is typical small Welsh stream. The first part was 1 or 2 offers in every likely pool (not all pools mind), with me covering each with a dry (para adams: I started at 18, but that was refused so pushed up to a 16 and then a 14, both of which worked well) and then giving the fast water at the head a plop with a gold bead GHRE.

I kept this up until I hit the first bridge - hey, guys, what a good idea on that stretch those bridges are, as I would hate to be down there after dark.... Apart from a forced break when 5 canyoners came splashing down towards me ( a middle aged chap and 4 teenagers). They had the decency to avoid the pool I was forced to rest (the water turned chocolate), but seem to have affected the next 3 or 4 pools that were devoid of any sign of life as a result of the fishes' domain being invaded by shocking blue neoprene clad bullocks. Then I dropped the nymph. It was taking too long. Not only that, but the flatter sections didn't really give the opportunity to use a weighted nymph anyway.

That run of small falls and pools near the ruined watermill is a right bloody challenge. I felt my age going up that... A big fat zero in terms of fish, but adrenaline and lactic acid right up there!

The flat bits reminded me of a Exemoor stream, but with fewer fish. I noticed that as I climbed the water got more skeletal and clearer. The fish got smaller and more skittish.

I finished at the top of the beat at 7:05pm... Totally exhausted. Looking back, the wading and fallen trees were part of the challenge, as they make it a wild stream and the fallen trees weren't the worst I've come across. But anyone not used to this type of fishing might be advised to go in a pair... Of course, I'll ignore my own advice. Because I'm an idiot.

The result? 10 (I think - it could have been 12) wbt mostly between 6" and 10", but the fish of the day was a perfect (and fat!) 12" I caught lower down on a 16 para adams. There were a few smaller fish too, taken in tails or up at the top of the beat, but they were all parr marked and I didn't count them. I had takes from the same number again. Some I missed and others got off the fly. Debarbed is a problem for energetic small fish...

This was my best day's fishing of the week so far. Thanks WUF.

10 Trou