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4th consecutive day, starting to get a bit weary in the hot dry weather. River low but fish can still be caught. Started off with a nice brownie down by the cottage which nailed a skating fly then sat for a rest on the salmon boards – gazing in to the river in front of me I realised I had 3 or 4 resident salmon in the vicinity, rolling and turning, perhaps they thought there was some rain coming? A scary moment when one of them rolled under a skating dry….
Fish not easy but ended up with 18 in total, best a trout and grayling each of 15”
So 94 fish over 4 days despite the heat and low water – that’s good enough for us! Wonderful fishing as usual….many thanks!

6 Trout, 12 Grayling

Not able to fish river too low. Not informed by wye and usk.wasted day

All fish 6" and returned safely. Obviously river very low but lovely day.

6 Trout

Well turned up at one , an absolute scorcher . . . . . . Again !!!!! 31 degrees reading on my truck when I tackled up , thinking I must be mad !!!! Walking down to the start of the beat by the bridge , there was some activity , two rises right under the alder trees !
I initially opted for a single PTN , as water is low and very clear , although could do with a dam good flush through now , as the mucky slime is starting to form on rocks etc . . .
First little brownie , about seven inches a bit unexpected was half way up in a shadowy pool between the bridge and the weir pool , nice little fish quickly returned , second was up in the weir pool , slightly bigger , feisty little fish , maybe eight inches , admired then returned . . .
I did give the top section a crack as some fish seen above weir pool , and one huge chub seen too !!!i went a hundred yards up were access is just about doable , and cast to likely areas , having a strong pull on the nymph , initially wondered if it was a good brownie , only too bring a cracking chub to the net , superb , gave the six foot rod a good workout !!!!! Had another decent lively chub on after that , again perhaps around a pound and a half , quickly released , then mooched back down to the weir pool , cover the fast deeper water again . . .
This time however , a different fight again , as my PTN nymph was taken . . . . Only to be into a lovely beautifully marked perch . . .
So all in all a real mixed bag , with two brownies , two chub and a perch . A fun three hours although the Arrow is definitely in need of some h2O now !!!!!! Shall head back hopefully when some precious water gets things going , perhaps this weekend some downpours are due . . We shall see !!!!!!

2 Trout, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Well, the Edw certainly delivered again!! Brought 26 trout to hand, about half being little ones from the fast shallow runs, the rest a good average up to 11". All on a size 18 para adams, and all fit and healthy. Got the first from a shallow run as I was just starting, and so carried on trying to hook the little ones from the fast runs as well as exploring the deeper runs and pools. All great fun, and did not even fish the full beat.

26 Trout

I have fished this spot since 1985 as a child on/off when a salmon syndicate used to lease it. It's always been a great spot for chub on the floating crust. The best water level to fish however is the lower wall level on the weir gardens side. So the recent drought we have is not really perfect. 6 great chub however and a big pike around 10-15lb chasing my sons rapala J11. My biggest pike from here is 27lb on a Roach dead bait. It's great to see salmon pink also in the fast water and trout jumping too. I didn't try barbel as this is a new species in this location. So it was great to bring the family over from ireland to savour my old haunt and the wye usk foundation have done a great job in keeping this fishery in a healthy condition.

6 Chub

Unlike many of our rivers and, indeed, unlike much of the Lugg, even though it is incredibly low, the river at Lyepole still has a half decent flow. Away up river de bonne heure, with a tungsten nymph on point and a Purple & Snipe on dropper. Odd fish here and there until I got to some fast water below the weir - where I had around a dozen fish (mostly Trout) in a 30 minute purple patch. Did not fancy the downstream water; so went back up river, picking off stragglers with a dry, after an early lunch. Again, odd fish here and there until I picked up 4 Trout from a run where the nymph had failed to produce earlier

32.5 on the temperature gauge on the way home as this glorious summer of ours continues

16 Trout, 6 Grayling

Entertaining and educational day on the Upper Wye with Oliver Burch. 5 small grayling and a brownie.Smart, feisty litte fish all returned promptly. Dark Mooregame/Dark Snipe & Purple/Snipe Boa combination. Hair Winged Sedge and Parachute Adams.Water, although low, was a good temperature.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

A stunning bit of countryside, but on a red hot day the fishing was very poor with just 2 tiny barbel. As we like to travel light and wander about fishing different swims, we were disappointed by the lack of swims on this long beat.

2 Barbel

Again weather seriously too hot and lack of rain. A lot of algae blanket weed sticking to line every time you reeled in to cast. Again one of our group had a single barbel in the woods section about 4 pounds 8 oz. Also way too many canoes.
We will come back one day when the weather is more favourable.

1 Barbel