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Lovely day. Lovely Water. Lovely conditions. Ruined by canoes. Perhaps 250 before lunch? Like fishing in a busy boating lake. Gave up at lunch time where we could bare it no more.

Saw fish show in Windmill and Maddox but did not
connect with anything. Finished early because of
the strength of the wind.

No sign of fish. Top half of beat needs paths cutting through bankside vegetation for better access.

Enjoyable day fishing lovely water - One salmon seen no contacts sadly. Plenty of great water for the fly angler on this beat. Many thanks to Seth & WUF for all your help!

Started fishing at 5:00 am worked down through Maddox, Corner pool, and into The Vanstone with fly and spinner. River was in good condition, nice clarity but too much silkweed washing through though. No fish seen but a good day, cant wait to go back.

Nothing caught.

This was the first time I've fished the Wye, and I was advised to have a go at Goodrich Court. The river had risen slightly the day previous, and was falling off during the day. The water was a murky brown colour and there was a lot of weed to contend with.
Whilst I knew the river would be big in this area, I have to say that fishing a beat such as this I couldn't help feeling that most of the time I was fishing over dead water, or fishing in pools where the fish could literally be anywhere. The Maddox and Stones pools seemed the exception, and I enjoyed fishing these at various times in the day; although like the rest of the beat, to no avail. I saw neither sight nor sound of salmo salar.
Very well done to the WUF on their access arrangements, maps and beat guides, which were very useful, although not 100% accurate (especially the Corner Tree notes).
I'd love to be able to say I'll be back to the Wye, but I'm afraid I don't think I will, certainly not this part anyway! Not the Wye's fault, but mine for anticipating a beat with more than a couple of pools I would enjoy fishing, and which didn't appear to be more suited to Coarse angling (notwithstanding this is where Mr Pashley caught a bucket load of fish!).

River about 6" at Fownhope at the start of the day, finally started to rise very slowly at the end of the day. Breezy and cool with a few showers. MP1 had a very exciting, deep and fresh 15lb fish in the Island Stream at 5 pm on size 8 NessC. MP2 then had an equally fresh 12 lb fish from fairly well down the Maddox.
One other fish seen showing in the top lie in the Lines. Only two canoes all day!

2 Salmon

One fish seen in Maddox but none connected with. A pleasant day - particularly Vanstone where a fly fished
well despite the low flow (6 in at Fownhope) and the
SWly wind flattered my casting.

Fished with fly 0830 to 1330 nothing seen or caught. Weather overcast light occasional showers. River level good wading in some areas possible. Tried the spinner after lunch 2nd cast opposite the gravel bank caught a Pike approx 4lbs. Sun appeared quite warm afternoon nothing else seen or caught except one clam! Then every cast came back with weed on the hook on every part of the river that I tried. I had a good day out got some good and needed wading and casting practice in. Thanks. TM

1 Pike