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No fish caught. The river was just a foot or two too high. I saw a number of salmon moving especially on the bend in the lower beats. Because of my spinal injuries/operations it was too difficult to get down to the river on the left bank where I fished and too far to walk on the right bank where vehicle access is not allowed. I did meet the bailiff who gave me some advice which was much appreciated.
I have and will continue to fish the Wye and Usk Foundation waters when I can. I do appreciate the amount of effort put in over what must be 10 years by the Foundation. Thank Seth for his advice as I called him before I started fishing.

Lovely day, no fish showing until later in the afternoon when connected with (but lost) 3 fish. Word of advice for the less agile angler... the access to the top pools is not great.

Fished The Maddox and Corner tree left bank, no fish caught.
The pool numbers could be clearly marked on posts so you know which pool you are fishing (eg to avoid mistakes and innacurate catch returns for respective pools etc).
In some parts the bank vegetation had overgrown access to the waters edge and you could not see your footing, clear cut out steps you can see would be much safer, so good bank maintenance is a must.

No fish. River had risen quite a bit overnight and had covered the stone walkway around the lower pools.

No fish. The pools at the top of the beat on the left bank are overgrown and, whilst mostly easy and pleasant to fish by wading, need to be accessed by a steep slide through stinging nettles and thistles.

No fish. It was a mistake going on a bank holiday - canoes
made it practically unfishable until 4.00p.m.

A beautiful long beat with interesting and varied fishing, although pools 1 and 2 appeared to have no access to the water. No salmon caught and no takes on spinner or fly. I did however take a 12lb pike and a 3lb chub on a flying C.
A beat I'd return to.

No catch.

No fish caught.

Started at 6 to get a few hours in before the anticipated flood of canoes. Saw fish in Vanstone, Corner Tree, Island Stream and Dog Hole, but only action from from Shad. Water getting very warm and algal bloom reduced visibility to around 4ft. Decent hatch of mayfly brought the chub and trout to the top.
The canoe traffic turned out to be surprisingly light and it was the sweltering heat that drove us from the river around 11.30am.
Returned at 6pm to find family ensconced in Vanstone with kids and dogs swimming in the pool. Fished a couple of other pools for a few hours to no avail.