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Lovely evening on the river!

Fished the swim below the croy at the top of the beat, with feeder and pellet.

2 Barbel, 15 Chub

I only fished for 4 hours so I could get back home for the England game. Fished in the woods on what is now pretty much the only fishable swim in there now. The footpaths from the car park lane across to heart attack hill are well overgrown compared to last year. The gates are also full of weeds and brambles and a real struggle now. The path through the woods was never great but now feels even more eroded. Access will probably stop me going here again for a while at least. Caught 13 chub but not a sign of barbel, 10 ledgering and 3 on the float. It was easier to catch the chub on the float, however the ducks went mad for any feed and attacked my float constantly so gave up.

13 Chub

Fishing from 9 till 9 on a belated first trip to the Upper Wye this year, “the ladies” were most accommodating despite a freshening westerly which then gusted into the evening, killing any prospect of an evening rise. 14 degrees water temperature undoubtedly cooled from the Elan confluence further upstream. Airborne sedges and midge off and on p.m. No upwings at any time. Unsurprisingly, very few rising fish. However, grayling and trout were looking up from start to finish all day, and most of the fish caught (quite a few more missed, jagged or long-distance released - almost certainly grayling as usual!) were taken on my usual go-to #16-20 hares fur parachute emerger and #16-14 grizzle brown EH caddis. The rest were taken EU nymphing with fluoro-collared PT and olive quill jigs. Trout to 12” and three main year classes of grayling: 8-10” (good news for succession), 12-13” and 14-15”, the latter around 1.5lb. Carpe diem!

8 Trout, 31 Grayling

Fished for a couple of hours on an evening ticket. Plenty of fish rising 8-9pm, all caught on a team of wet flies.

3 Trout

6 Trout

other was a Dace

6 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

Disappointing day. Fly fishing from 0800. Good conditions, light cloud, SW breeze. No fish rising, totally dead, not a single bite. Gave up at 1200.

4 morning session, PTN's lower beats
4 evening session, klinkhamner emergers, white Erwood pool

8 Trout

Arrived about 0845. Worm on bottom.

Morning had 2 bites and reeled in about 10 crayfish. About 2pm, the water turned flat and the little fish began feeding in the shallows. Caught a nice sized rainbow shortly after, but lost it before netting it.

All quiet from then on, called it a day at 1800 and left empty handed.