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River carrying some colour & higher than ideal but I persisted during the day taking shelter under trees from the torrential showers & picked up a couple of trout & grayling on nymphs. The weather cleared early evening (as forecast) and I was rewarded with a hatch of BWO. Had most of the trout in the last hour on a BWO paradun.

10 Trout, 6 Grayling

Saw my first Egret! Good river conditions without the forecast rain but for some reason the fish were conspicuous by their absence. The same could not be said, unfortunately, for the deluge of muppets in canoes. Those in green Wye Valley Boats seemed to know the etiquette and passed on the far side but the rest did not and I spent much of the day trying to sink the lines below boats that were 10 yards in front of me. Twice I got completely taken out, one boat crashed into the bank under my rod tip, another had loud music blaring (Roy Orbison!) and some of the comments and conversations were unbelieveable - a mother explained to her teenage daughter that "we go to the 'end of the river' and then phone them to pick us up" - I glanced down from the Severn Bridge on my way home but there was no sign of them in the Bristol Channel. Note to self - essential kit for next trip to include a Hi-Viz onesey so I can be seen from more than 10 yards away, a loudhailer and a 12-bore for those that are both blind and deaf.

See you again after the summer holidays.

On a serious note, new anglers to the river might well be put off by a similar experience even though the canoes are only passing between 10.00 and 15.00. Tagging on the website those beats that see the most summer holiday traffic might be a good idea.

1 Barbel

Hostile weather precluded fishing after the first hour. River looked OK, though.

River reasonably clear despite heavy rain in the morning . All fish taken on bead head nymphs , one of the grayling was a lovely beautifully conditioned male around 2lbs

1 Trout, 9 Grayling

River perfect. Halibut pellets. Love it here.

8 Barbel, 10 Chub

Good day for my fishing companion J Green: 4 barbel to just under 7 lbs and 1 1/2 lbs eel. A couple of good fish lost. Not many anglers on this beat lately and overgrown approaches to swims and swims themselves needed negotiating to enable safe fishing.

4 Barbel, 1 Other

Started fishing in bouts of heavy rain interspersed with heavier spells. After lunch blustery but dry. Wet fly fishing with a range of flies but without success

2 Trout

1 Barbel, 1 Chub