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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.

No sign of any salmon.

Nice water no fish lots of smolts about.

River at a good height so concentrated on fly fishing, however the only sight of a salmon came when one rose twice in the Vanstone Pool to a flying c. The first time I felt the slightest of bumps, the second time nothing, but with the water clarity good I could clearly see a bright silver salmon in the 10-12lb range. Had I not seen it I would have assumed it was a brown trout bump!

Fished throughout beat, one spinning, one on fly, but no sight (or sound) of any salmon, (or even any trout, pike, shad, chub etc. which often fill in when the salmon don't show). Why, when I'm barbel fishing, are there salmon jumping all over the place, scaring the life out of me, when there's not a sniff on days like this? Goodrich Court is a beautiful stretch of river and looks so fishy - but not to be today.

No salmon caught and only one seen. There was a 15lb oos pike caught on fly. River condition was good and Mick was very helpful. Best wishes.

1 Pike

River in perfect condition and lovely warm weather. Darren White caught his first ever salmon at nine pounds followed shortly after by another at nine pounds again form the same spot caught by Wayne Little. A wonderful day helped greatly by Mick as gillie who is very helpful and knowledgeable as well as good company. I hope he has recovered from the evening afterwards! Both fish caught on flying C's.

2 Salmon