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Good days fishing. Had a big take from a large salmon who turned from 40 yards and came straight at me. I was wading at waist high in the stones and he came within 3 feet, passed me like a rocket and jumped out of the water onto the gravel behind me, threw the Devon Minow and jumped again back into the water. I saw him on the gravel - he looked well into the 20lbs plus. I stood there shock as it all happened so quick. I had kept a tight line as when he threw the lure it came back and hit me in the shoulder. What an experience.

Slightly coloured salmon of about 15lb from Maddox at 9.00 am on a Cascade. Fished in expectation till about 6 pm, but no other takes. Fish showed regularly at bottom of Vanstone and several of the upper pools - mostly a bit coloured, but a few looked fresh.

The access to the upper pools has been vastly improved since I last fished in 2013. A decent path all the way up, cleared entries and exits to the pools, and steps down the more hazardous banks - well done WUF and the (new?) keeper.

1 Salmon

Bright conditions and water levels low & clear for time of year, suffice to be able to see the underwater contours of the river - revealing! Unfortunately the beat was as dead as a doornail as far as salmon fishing was concerned. Even the coarse fish appeared to be absent! Tried fly and spinning all to no avail on all pools bar The Cottage.
However, the bank maintenance is 100% better than last year, properly cut back vegetation and helpful steps down to the pools. If the pools could be named on the bankside - some are - to avoid confusion and revised/updated written descriptions on how to fish each of them in various conditions, that would again much ease new rods fresh to the beat.

Cool overcast morning followed by sunny afternoon. Water dropping very slowly at about 8" and 50F - no significant rise /rain since end of March. 3 Salmon showed in Vanstone Stream & Vanstone Pool, but nothing caught.
50 canoes between 11:00 and 14:00 = mostly extremely courteous and well behaved.
Huge improvement to the access to the pools compared with 2 yrs ago - well done Mick!

10lb salmon caught from the middle of the Vanstone Pool this morning on black/gold flying c. Saw another show in the tail end.

1 Salmon

Nil

15lb liced Salmon caught from the tail of the Vanstone Pool spinning with a blacktail flying C, lost another in the head of the pool. Big thankyou to Mick the Ghilllie for pointing me in the right direction!

1 Salmon

First visit to Goodrich Court to find lovely fly pools and really well kept banks which must be possibly the best on the Wye. Was given good advice on the pools by Mick the ghillie which was very helpful but with bright sun and lack of a run no fish but a very enjoyable day. Will be visiting again soon.

Beautiful day on a beautiful beat - but bright sunshine didn't help. No sign of any fish. Rivers levels seemed good. Fished all pools with fly throughout the day. At least a dozen or more canoes passed by & plenty of swan activity didn't help!

The river was at a pretty perfect height. The banks have been trimmed back to make access easier. The weather was far too glorious and the sun was beating on the water. We didn't real feel the conditions were right but the water did look particularly fishy. We fished fly through all the pools during the course of the day, interrupted for a while by canoeists - who were generally polite and thoughtful. Not a fish was seen all day but the optimistic hope lives on. Nil return.