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15 fish in total caught, 5 of which were graying. No fish were taken. Water very low (like mid summer really) but great sport.

I could catch 1 Grayling and 3 trouts as follows. Grayling - 42cm with Sedge. Brown trout - 26cm, 20cm and 18 cm all with Sedge. Very low water, and difficult to catch.

Despite the warm, sunny weather there was little fly life apart from the occasional olive. So only 3 out of season grayling (10" to 12") on Kite's Imperial and snipe and orange spider. All fish returned in the water untouched.

Glorious sunny morning on the Wye; no fish until a strong olive hatch around noon, when a small grayling took a tung-head GRHE, and things looked promising. Then the kayaks came, a lurid multi-coloured flotilla of them (very polite paddlers I should say). End of fishing in such clear water; all went dead and so I packed up for lunch. At tea time on the flats at the top, trout were rising to emergers. Hooked into but lost what felt a decent one, on a hairs ear klink.
A mixed day all in all.

4 x grayling 9-15 inches, 1 x out of season trout 10 inches, trotting with centre pin. This beat fished marvellously well during the late summer and autumn, but has been slightly disappointing on my couple of winter visits. They must be in there somewhere!

3 x grayling 6-12 inches, 8 x out of season trout 8-15 inches, trotting with Avon and centre pin. A rather disappointing day, with the usual graylng lies seemingly occupied by ravenous post-spawning trout, lean and hollow, with ragged lower fins and carrying leeches from where they have been lying on the bottom. Otherwise, the weather was truly horrible, with a freezing and near gale force wind trying to hurry the float downstream, intermittent rain and sleet. Compensations were a red kite circling the river during the morning and buzzards after lunch; a hen salmon was still cutting a redd in Stone Catch.

One or two (literally) LDOs early afternoon. Saw just one rising fish which when taken on a small HE emerger proved, as expected, to be a trout and a pretty tatty one at that! Bugged for most of the day but couldn't find a single grayling. However, a skinny 26 inch, four pound salmon was tempted to take the pink bug. Not really what I was looking for though, and scant reward for the day's graft. Water 1 deg C and air 3 deg C at best. Good fun though and certainly beats the hell out of doing the decorating!

We arrived to find a good looking river on a morning considerably milder than forecast. However, strictly in coarse fishing terms, the day proved to be a disappointing and it must be said, expensive - BLANK! Despite fishing 8 different swims during an 8 hour session we didn't hook a single chub or dace between us on trotted maggots and, if there are any pike in the stretch, they completely ignored our normally very effective large soft plastic 'replicant' type lures. Nevertheless we did still very much enjoy the day thanks to a steady stream of obliging and feisty, if mainly small, grayling and (out-of-season) brownies that were all carefully returned.

A reasonably pleasant day weatherwise, with a nasty downstream wind which came and went, and even a bit of sun as well. Fish rising when olives and needlefly about. Had over 50 grayling and one or two trout between us. Most fish on olive and hare's ear emergers, P and O spider and dry Grayling Steel Blue. Others on Orange Otter and a few on nymphs. Most fish 9-12 inches with a few at 14". Water getting much colder since last week (time for the Long Johns again or am I just getting older?) and many fewer fish rising.

Had a great day trotting maggots catching from the first cast. We had at least 50 to 60 grayling up to two pounds and 20 to 30 trout between the two of us. Thanks for a wonderful days fishing in beautiful surroundings. we will be back soon.