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2 Trout

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Four common carp ranging from 12 to 15lbs

4 Other

A few firsts for me today

Firstly; my first time on this beat. A real Jekyll & Hyde of a beat too; with some delightful and accessible water at the lower end (and, by Wye standards, easy wading), followed by some brooding and inaccessible water up river. I only fished from the lower access point up to the Rapids; where there was plenty to keep me occupied from my early start until I had it away at 2:00 pm to listen to the England game on the car radio as I drove home (which I had got into my head was not kicking off until 8:00 pm when I made the booking). I walked up as far as The Orchard. I concur with the beat notes; anything above Llangoed Pool is Salmon water

Secondly, my fist ever Shad. After a fruitless half hour casting a dry to rising fish, I switched to a nymph, and caught a 12" Grayling with my first cast. Another couple of casts and I was into a Shad. It must have gone all of 3lbs; when it flashed in mid-water, I thought I was about to break the Grayling record. In spite of diligently moving away from them, I caught Shad after Shad for the next couple of hours (the 10 "Other" were all Shad). This sequence was broken by a Chub of 3lb plus (which, again, had me thinking I was about to break the Grayling record). A few more Grayling before catching my first legitimate species of the day - a rising Trout, that took a Light Cahill with alacrity. More of the same next cast; which makes me wonder about the rising fish that I failed to catch earlier in the day

Thirdly, the first time for a long, long time that I have caught four different species in a day's fly fishing; the four almost becoming five when a Salmon took a substantial poke at an Endrick Spider just before I packed up

Glorious sunshine throughout. Tres bonne

2 Trout, 5 Grayling, 1 Chub, 10 Other

4 Trout

Went down in the evening between 7.30 and 9.30 to see if worthwhile targeting rising fish. Very hot and humid. Loads of fly activity including smaller mayflies and BWO I think. Not many fish rising. Caught a rising 15” WBT on a white mayfly pattern and missed two other takes. Lovely couple of hours.

1 Trout

No fish showing in spite of great conditions

4 Trout

Fished for trout. River on the low side, bright, sunny and no hatches bar a few yellow duns. Tough day but 2 small WBT caught no more than 8 inches, on a stunning beat with, many different features that could keep you occupied for more than the full day we spent there. Fish taken on a soft hackle wet fly to match the yellow duns.

2 Trout