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Few fish rising, few LDO's other than that, very quiet, one caught and lost in same motion - on grey wolf.

Nothing caught.

Started at two oclock with fly but wind was difficult and by three I'd changed to spinning. Landed 9lb hen fish in Rock pool on copper/red fc. Single hook made for easy release why does anyone still use trebles?

1 Salmon

River low and conditions very bright. Started at 6.30am and packed up 11.30am. Very helpful telephone conversation with owner which helped to locate the best salmon lies but made no contact with any fish and saw no salmon showing.

Lovely time but nothing caught. Missed a few takes.

Another masterclass from J, where he varied tactics from nymphs and wet flies to Klinkhammers and netted 8 to 1.6lb, nothing under 6oz while I persevered unsuccessfully on dry wulff and yellow dun with 2 fish lost on quite a sparse rise throughout evening.
Water .53m and clear so too low and slow for Salmon. One fish of around 10lb which looked fresh showed twice in the deep water at the Chine between 9 and 9.30pm.

8 Trout

1 trout caught on mayfly, about 12ozs. River looked very healthy, good flow. Fishing was hard though, with no other takes, either on dry or nymph.

1 Trout

Very clear water on what was a lovely bright sunny and hot day that meant fishing was hard work. After a midday snooze and a visit to a pub for a cooling beer, waited for late afternoon / evening for a superb mayfly hatch which made up for the slower day. Only wish I had had more mayfly patterns to keep me going. Looks like the Chainbridge pub is undergoing a major refurbishment which could mean a rather busy environment with a pub / caravan park one end and another caravan park the other end.

6 Trout

The sun was shining so we headed west for an evening's fun hoping for a mayfly hatch. And what a hatch! I have not seen so many spinners dancing since the 70s. The trout must have been sated on them as they didnt seem too bothered although Usk trout are usually more circumspect than their tarty Wye cousins. Those fish that were fooled had been practicing too - of 12 fish hooked 10 came off, leaving us with two lovely fat 13 inch fish, both returned. Bigger ones were lost and much bigger ones were just far too wise to be hooked. As dusk fell - we fished till 10 - the bats seemed to appreciate the ephemeropteran extravaganza rather more than the fish. No silver tourists sighted although we did give the salmon rod a trundle.

2 Trout

Found the fishing here very difficult for trout. Very deep water, access from bank very steep, wasnt a gravel bed as indicated in book, mainly rock. But on the bright side it was a lovely location.