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The day was blighted by a strong upstream wind that seemed constantly in our faces! Casting and mending were near impossible with tangles aplenty. We each caught a good 1.5 lb grayling, both of which were returned.
There wasn't a hatch of fly, just a dribble throughout the day, with only a few fish rising. None of these were trout, all either grayling or salmon smolts.
I still have not knowingly seen a trout on the Wye this season. It can't be just me. I wonder if it is still a bit cold. The water, although a little warmer now was still chilly.

River was quite high and slightly coloured managed 4 good size trout up to 1lb 8oz for our efforts!

4 Trout

River at 2ft1 and river looked perfect, fished all day, but no joy

2 trout rods no fish caught. 1 salmon rod no fish caught.
A good salmon seen jumping at the top of the beat, a fresh run double by the look of it.

River in good condition but still quite cold and pushing through strongly. Not helped by the gusty downstream wind, which kept all but a few hardy small sedges from hatching. Struggled to make any sort of contact on nymphs, but managed to save the day by taking a couple of 8-9" grayling from the pool just below the Clettwr Brook - amazingly on a dry!

2 Grayling

Cold wind did not see a fish

Booked the fishing mainly for casting practice, rather than in expectation of catching anything. The river was quite clear, but perhaps 6" too high. Didn't see any salmon, but caught a 2lb brown trout.

1 Trout

Two experienced fishermen who know this beat well but found the high and fast flowing water a difficult challenge. Water speed really too fast for Czech nymphing despite using double beaded patterns. Only 'hits' and the one take of a small brownie was in water about two feet deep and a few yards out from the right bank towards downstream end of beat.
Maybe it was just one of those days where the pleasure of being on the water out weighed the lack of fish!!
(Four dead good sized salmon washed up in reeds where the Clettwr Brook joins the Wye)

1 Trout

Went with my son, my cousin and his son. Had a really fantastic day thanks to great work and help from Oliver Burch and Kim Tribe. Oliver took my cousin and son in hand and really improved their casting. I learnt Czech Nymphing under Kim's expert eye. My own son was taught a great deal of river craft and picked up a lot of new skill. I would heartily recommend Kim and Oliver to anyone.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Two novices to Grayling fishing keen for a day in the beautiful Wye valley. The river was coloured and well stocked with feisty, hard fighting leaves! No hatch of any significance and little evidence of fish on the surface. The run below Ciliau Falls and Rocks spared our blushes in the late afternoon with small, weighted, dark nymphs proving most successful. The full moon rising over the hills at about 5.30pm provided a stunning finale to an excellent day out.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling