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Sunny morning with afternoon becoming overcast. Cool light breeze. Steady trickle of LDO and grannom, very few rises so stuck to nymph patterns. Not much in the way of interest but we managed to connect with three fish, GRHE goldhead seemed to be the preferred lure. The river needs more water to bring it to life. Great day. We also enjoyed the fly past of two RAF Hercules flying up the valley.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Nil

Light hatch of grannom in am. Very few rises. Trout took gold head nymph, grayling took blue dun . Downstream wind a real pain.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

6 out of season grayling to 12" on a black spider and beadhead hare's ear. Quite a few olives hatching stimulated fish to rise fairly freely at about 10am but much less so thereafter. A stiff downstream breeze mid afternoon made casting hard work.

6 Grayling

Dry fly Trout 10 ins

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Blank I'm afraid, except for accidental trout. Another cold start with what felt like a heatwave in the afternoon.

This was my first day on the Wye this season due to the flooding which began the week the season started. The water was at a good height, and there was a large amount of fly life which was good to see. There were few takers however. I saw just a couple of trout but more grayling, I think they were.
I saw no salmon. I hooked a couple of trout, one of which was a good 2lb but lost both. Beautiful stretch of water. I am longing to return !

Spent the morning spinning Home Catch but only 1 small brownie caught. Was useful to use the boat as this allowed access to many pools which were tricky fishing from muddy banks. Moved down to above the waterworks late afternoon and fished the fly but still no joy.

1 Trout

I did not fish as the river was in flood - again!

A second day trying for a salmon, plumbing the pools with various sink tips - no joy I'm afraid. This was a dull cloudy day, but still quite warm for March. Again trout were rising for large dark olives which kept trickling off over a long period. A few march browns were on the water also.