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Conditions good but salmon not seen.

nil catch

A number of fish showing in most pools. Once again great info from Mick put me in the right places. Moved a couple of fish on fly but no takes. Bit too much water and colour. Enjoyed the day on a great beat.

Clean hen fish of 5-6lbs taken on a size 10 Ally's Shrimp at ten o'clock, from the Maddox before the weekend onslaught of boat craft. The advice given by Mick Sutton the Ghillie was invaluable, proffering lie, pool information and successful fly selection.
The weather was hot and over cast in the morning and it brightened up at lunch as we retired to the Hostelrie to allow the boats to pass. The afternoon brought cloud cover then a huge thunder storm curtailing the fishing. Great beat and thanks Mick and WUF.

1 Salmon

Water low and very clear. A few salmon showing but not taking. The same for the Wednesday the 19th.

River still quite low despite seeing some rain over the previous days. Consequently no moving fish, just the odd resident jumping at the tail of the Vanstone.
Canoe traffic very heavy until late afternoon, like Oxford Street on Christmas Eve at times..
WUF might consider lowering their prices during the summer months given that large portions of the day can almost be written off, fishing wise, due to heavy canoe traffic?
WUF Note: Weekend prices are already cheaper than weekdays between 1st May to 15th September for many beats because Wye canoe traffic is at its peak during weekends in this period (£40 weekend compared to £47 weekday for Goodrich Court).

Already reported 1x10lb salmon from Island beat.

1 Salmon

River and water condition were good. Weather sunny/cloudy. No sign of any migratory fish. Many sights of resident brown trout. In the afternoon changed tackle and fished afterwards for brownies with some success. All returned to the river.

5 Trout

River in good nick but needed a bit more water to encourage holding Salmon to move. Heavy canoe traffic until late afternoon.
1 Chub caught on a large Salmon fly on the Maddox.
Several residents giving an acrobatic display at the tail of the Vanstone. Tried every method known to Falkus to get them to take the fly but to no avail.
Treated to spectacular display of angling skills by a team of Kingfishers picking off fry on the margins. If only they could talk, perhaps they could give me a few hints!
Excellent and entertaining day though.

1 Chub

An excellent beat for less experienced salmon anglers to cut their teeth on. I arranged to have the assistance of the "indispensable" Mick the beat gillie for the morning and he saved me fishing large areas of the beat which tend to not hold fish. We started between the Corner Stone and the Maddox and Mick was flicking my line out for me when he was into a salmon before getting the whole shooting head out of the rings, sadly he passed the rod to me and despite good pressure being maintained he thought the fish was poorly hooked and it threw the fly. I fished hard until about 5pm but no more takes despite many coloured fish jumping and one bar of silver in The Stones. This is my second day on the Wye and Goodrich Court was well described in the directions and access to the pools was also easy compared to Lower Hill Court where I failed to determine the Upper limit and wasted a lot of fishing time returning down stream and finding access points. Thanks very much to Mick, well worth booking again.