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Fished dry fly from late afternoon early evening til dusk. Some Hawthorn hatching also small hatch of mayfly which was encouraging. Also saw small cover of Grannom. Had a rise and refusal to a yellow CDC Mayfly. Lost a second fish then hooked into a 9.5 inch wild brown. Fabulous first experience on the Wye. The setting, nature and fishing was an excellent experience, just sad that I was not there for longer. Next time...

1 Trout

This is a lovely beat. We both caught fish in the morning at the edge of a deep run on nymphs under a klink. Fishing was harder through the middle of the day but picked up again in the afternoon and we caught fish including the largest trout of the day (~13") and 2 good sized grayling along with several other trout at the tail of a pool. Several fish also taken on dries throughout the day. Also evidence of lots of smaller fish which is encouraging for the future.

15 Trout, 2 Grayling

River started to colour up by mid afternoon. No rising fish seen.

4 Trout

Wet fly on floating line used - using a sedgehog / green peter wet fly. 2 Trout of 1lb and a small trout and grayling of 1lb taken in faster water at the back edge of runs before opening into slacker water.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Day started cold but warmed up, nice cloud cover, no hatch. River almost at summer mean flow and clear, not a fish from 9.30am till 4.30pm.

Weather forecast wrong again strong cold wind blowing most of the day nothing much happening but did manage a reasonable brown trout with a hares ear. Look forward to warmer days.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Bright and breezy day. No hatch to speak of, a few adult granom egg laying but nothing hatching or rising. The river still holding slightly above normal flows.
Fish taken on bugs and nymphs to about 30cm. Nice day. Thanks!

12 Trout, 4 Grayling

Nothing. Nada. Good height although very bright.

1 Grayling

Unfortunately the river was heavily coloured and in flood following several days of rain.
We persevered given the distance traveled and the booking commitment, but in all honestly it was a complete wash out! No fish observed moving or any indication of being present.

Both fished upstream nymph mainly. There was a small hatch of grannom but very few fish rising. The two trout were about 8oz each and grayling 12oz. All fish returned. Fishing conditions not ideal as the river had risen about 4". Water temp 10C air temp max 17C.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling