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A couple of hours fishing in the evening. All caught on weigher nymphs of various sizes and colour.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

River pretty low. All fish returned, all tiddlers. All bar one caught on nymph, the other on dry. Very few fish rising and hardly any flies hatching. Kingfishers and sand martins nesting in the bank.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

As low as I have seen the mighty Wye, and hard work in the hot sun. 2 Trout from downstream in the morning, 2 more and 2 Grayling from below the Edw in the afternoon, with nothing in between

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

All fish caught on weighted nymphs. Fished variously the duo and french nymphing styles.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

8 trout were caught on a streamer and the greyling was caught on a nymph. All fish were returned back to the river River was at a good height with lots of deep pools.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

Great spot for safe wading while teaching a friend the basics of fly casting.Couple of fish caught and a few missed and lost.
Bottom nymph gold head pheasant tail did the job hung below dry.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

4 Trout, 2 Other

After visiting the Wye in May and leaving very despondent at the distinct lack of life in and around the river it was nice to see one or two aquatic insects and a few rising trout this time.
The river looked good for a Salmon after the recent heavy rain with it carrying some extra water and being a nice beer colour so I was quietly confident of a pull. I spent about four and a half hours slowly fishing through Lady Alexander’s Catch and into Stone Catch. It was lovely casting a fly and letting it swing through the current, I did hook a trout and had a decent tug which may or may not have been a Salmon but I’m beginning to think the whole exercise is a nostalgic trip dreaming of how things used to be rather than a serious attempt to actually catch a Salmon with the numbers being what they are.

A first visit to this beat. Low clear water, cool and some drizzle. The fishing was promising to start with, trout taking freely in the rocky glides and channels at the top of the beat but petered out a bit early afternoon. Trout were mainly 7”-10” with a couple of bigger fish caught in the tail of the Edw pool late on. A small hen salmon showed a few times at the top of the beat but she was very coloured and given the conditions, I wouldn’t have cast for her even if I wasn’t on a trout only ticket. The Stone catch fished well but there were quite a few chub around. Lady Alexander’s catch was a little disappointing in the low water conditions but I would definitely return with higher water to fish it for salmon.

Overall, a pleasant day on a very pretty beat but the takes today were lightning fast and I was too slow to convert all the offers that I had to a variety of patterns.

16 Trout, 6 Chub

Most were caught on nymph only one on dry fly. Lady Alexanders run was most productive especially after crossing and fishing it from the other side. Not much surface activity or flies in the air but whether was overcast all day. Some decent fish mostly on smaller side but still alot of action and missed quite a few.

5 Trout, 10 Grayling