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Had a great day trying to fish a scalpin to see if it would catch one of the bigger trout.Wrong!! I have since been told by Johnathan Morris the great guide on the upper Wye that it only works in dirty water.At the end of my day I went downstream and caught a nice 1 and 1/2 pound grayling, great finish.

1 Grayling

No salmon caught or seen. Probably would have benefited from more water, but a very enjoyable beat to fish nonetheless.

Some rain in the morning and a very strong wind, but still warm and sunny in the afternoon. Fished 1530-1930, mainly with nymphs. All three fish came in the fast water above Mill Race with a small purple nymph fished down and across. The grayling (10") and trout (5") were caught on the first pass through heading upstream. The chub (16") was a bit of a surprise and came right at the end of the day as I pottered back to the hut and thought I'd have one last cast.

A decent number of pale yellow upwings started dapping in the water around 1845 for half an hour but there was no reaction from the trout so I didn't bother getting out the dry fly box.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

Blustery but dry day. Only one or two rises seen. Two small grayling, 4"-6" on a nymph. Nothing else seen.

2 Grayling

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Saw one fish show in Rectory Pot while I was fishing the neck but apart from that nothing.

Fished early to try and avoid the heat, saw nothing caught nothing Try again on Wednesday

Early start before the sun got up fished through the mill stream and then the neck of the Rectory hook the fish just of the rock and it took off down the Rectory pool and I had to follow because it didn’t want to come back up ! Taken on a small Wilkinson shrimp pattern.

1 Salmon

Lovely day back again on my favourite stretch of the Wye - more water than usual and looked fishy
Arrived about 0930 and saw someone else at the top end so started at the middle.

Sadly despite my best efforts no fish seen or caught other than bycatch minuscule brownie near The Rocks
- I blame the weather which was very hot (30 +) but someone else managed a good fish on the same beat
that day so a poor excuse

Wading warning in a couple of spots :
There are a couple of very glassy rocks at the top of the island beat - just below where one usually stands to cover the best bits. Be very careful as slipped twice here this time.
At the top end neck of the Rectory stream it is appealing to wade out but can be difficult to get back against the current.
I have come a cropper here before and nearly did again this time.
Retired to the fishing Hut at about 4pm to listen to Stokesy put the Aussies to the sword so all in all not a bad day
Until next time

1 Trout