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French nymphing and dry fly

11 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

Overnight rain (15mm) didn't affect the river until late afternoon when the water coloured up slightly and the level rose about 25cm over the course of three or four hours. The river looked perfect but fishing remained difficult

1 Grayling

Gin clear and low; several short hatches but very little surface activity.

1 Trout

20 Trout, 7 Grayling

Very few fish showing. Beautiful beat with lots of different water to go at. Grayling of around a pound falling to tungsten bead nymphs. Lost one and had a few pulls but generally slow/ hard work.

1 Grayling

3 Grayling

Started below the footbridge, saw fast moving fish heading upstream.
3 rises all afternoon, fished a dry and nymph combo, had one rise to the dry but no takes.
River levels and water was good.

All catches came within a brief hour at 13:00 on the dry fly during a good hatch. River level very low and had a strong up stream wind to contend with. Missed a few other fish, likely grayling. Beautiful stretch of river Wye.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

One grayling caught on a PTN euronymphing.

The river level is very low at the moment, probably too low to fish with much hope of success (certainly for someone with my level of ability). There was a brief hatch of March Browns at midday, but not enough to generate any surface feeding.

Two things to note: there is a green van blocking the designated parking space by the sawmill. When I was leaving someone from the sawmill came up to me and said the van is broken down and to park on the grass further down the drive to avoid having my car scraped. The area of grass is not big enough to stop a car blocking part of the drive to the house so this doesn't feel like the best idea for peace and goodwill with the homeowner.

The second point to note is that the metal gate to the field as you leave the car park to go down to the river is held together with baler twine - literally. The gate hinges are attached to a fence post which is completely freestanding so when you undo the knot in the baler twine to open the gate it will collapse. Whatever you do don't try to climb over the gate, and be prepared to grab hold of it when you've undone the knot or it will end up on the floor.

1 Grayling