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A great day Salmon fishing under the guidance of Oliver Burch. This is a stunning beat with lots of water to cover. We had a glorious day in the sun, alas no fish but a lot of spey casting practice which Oliver managed to get me doing reasonably well from never having attempted before so very pleased with the tuition. There were a couple of canoes that came through during the day but nothing to bother us. There was an unusually sustained Grannom hatch which seemed to last all day, but no more than a couple of trout rises were seen by us. Definitely a beat to try again in the near future.

No fish seen or caught.

Bright sunshine and very warm. No fish seen or caught. First time on this beat. Definitely will look to return again, aiming for lower water. Thanks WUF.

Nil return. Water high but good colour.

Tried very hard on spinner and Devon minnow but no takers.However two small pike took lures both about 6lb both released, no salmon seen.

Nil return, not one salmon seen over the two days.

Water at good height and falling (Maddox stones wadeable). Saw one fish move but I think it was a resident / kelt. Tried spinner and fly from both banks, but no luck.

A fun day on the Wye and the first time on this beat. It is evident that there has been a lot of work done on the beat. The water was on the high side but it was still possible to wade a lot of the pools. Wading was relatively easy. We saw a fish in The Gabions from the right bank just out from the rock croy on the right bank. Again fishing from the right bank a fish came to a Cascade in The Windmill with a sInk tip line. Another fish came to a Red Flying C in the same pool. Just upstream of the Small shed on the right bank. A great fun day in difficult conditions as it was a rising river and very windy. I will fish this beat again. I can see there being a lot of potential with this beat. Especially, if the bank maintenance continues as it has been. The Ghillie has been hard at work and I think I would use this service in future.

No salmon caught, but one seen dead floating down the river around 6lb it was whole so unsure why dead? Changing weather so not easy to fish with a lot of wind, but a good day had.

2 Trout

First time out this year, optimistic as always but unfortunately didn't find this beat to my liking. Will try further up river next time as season progresses.