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Weather good, warmed up after a cold snap, wind light, and overcast. So cannot blame the weather. River at a nice height, clear and not too cold, so cannot blame the river either. Tried dry, nymph, anything but not a bite, did not even see a fish, so can only really blame myself! Unusual as this beat is often productive, but still a very enjoyable day.

With the river low and the temperature very cold I had little expectation for catching and so it proved with a blank. There was no fly on water but after "recent cutting back" and a number of downed trees, there were limited opportunities to exploit the deeper pools. Having fished the area for 50 years ......"I will be back!!"

Just a quick mooch this morning , couple of hours , on WUF stretch and private stretch , better day fishing wise than yesterday , muggy overcast , slight drizzle , looked good !!!

Usual rig for the small streams , six foot , two weight headed up to where there is normally some feisty trout lying up !!! And lo and behold in a dam awkward position a rise , , he was sat right in the food lane , picking off morsels which I couldn't see what they were !! A shrewd guesstimate , on with a small black klinkhammer , and after getting on my knees in the Brook and shimmying into position managed a catapult cast which was short , another and eventually on target , and wallop , took , it a very satisfying splashy rise , only eight inches perhaps , but well earned and a good tactical approach I say so myself. !!!!!!,

Always good fun here , no more surface activity , although water quality is looking superb , I'm sure there are some lumps hidden away here , as the aquatic life is varied , and loads of it !!!!!A trouts KFC on tap for sure . . . . .

Well a fun two hours , pleased with the one , will be good fun in evenings next month , only viable in a few spots to be honest , and a bit more open further down !! Good fun back soon . . . . . . . . . . .

1 Trout

Fishing for salmon and landed two small, half pound, trout as the fly came around on the dangle as often happens when the current slows. A big hatch of March browns around 1 pm as temperature rose on a near windless day.

2 Trout

1 angler only fished today. 14 x trout, numerous parr and smolts, on spiders.

14 Trout

Rain in morning, overcast all day but temperature picked up at noon. Usual school holiday dogs in river situation.
Odd LDO hatch and a few rises.

A grey and calm day with clear water. A little fly life from time to time, but generally very quiet. A couple of missed takes on the Adams was all that disturbed the peace.

Arrived at the beat around 11am to light rain which eased off around 1130, about 8 degrees and gradually warmed up in the afternoon to around 12 degrees, a dull day.

All fish were caught on dry flies (size 14 march brown), there were several good hatches throughout the day to monopolise on. I tried nymphing as well but no luck. Although fishing for WBT, I wasn't disappointed by the enthusiasm and aggressive strikes from the Grayling.
This is a wonderful beat with plenty of access, variety and good parking at the camp site.

6 Grayling

6 Trout

Beautiful beat and great conditions. We had very good feeling about the day but unfortunately, as on previous 2 days, we did not see any salmon. One grayling on 12g Flying C was a huge surprise.
We loved our 3 days fishing on Wye and we'll be back soon for sure.

1 Grayling