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Warm, sunny. The water clear. No fly life and saw just one rising fish all day. An early start or later finish may have improved matters.

Tough day; one pull

3 Other

No fish, very bright and warm day, despite regular but not heavy hatch of LDOs saw only 2 rises all day. Dredging weighted nymphs saw shoddy angling bumping two fish off. Beautiful stretch of water- hope to visit again despite lack of success.

Thank you to the Wye & Usk for a great day. A little bright and sunny but the water looked just perfect. Unfortunately no sign of any Salmon. Caught about a dozen trout on anything from Salmon flies and spinners to klinkhammers and nymphs.

12 Trout

11 Trout

3 Trout

All fish caught on a nymph suspended under a Klinkhammer. Lost another 6 or 7. Quite quiet fishing wise, I think the very bright sunlight shining through the trees with very little cover didn't help. Overall amount of debris in the stream has reduced considerably since I fished this stream last year.
I always enjoy fishing this stream.

5 Trout

What a beautiful day. It was like mid- summer. I haven't fished this beat before but I can understand why it is seems to be so many people's favourite. It has gone to the top of my list of wild stream beats. The water was at a perfect height and for those of us who are no longer young, the wading is quite easy: at this time of year, the casting is not difficult either. I could easily cover the river. Another plus point is that access is extremely well provided: there are plenty of entry points in the fencing. It is a really well presented beat. Thanks to the owner of the land and the wye and usk. As to the fishing- I thought it might be a little early for this beat and although there were flies coming off the water, I saw no rises. My new year's resolution is to learn to use the nymph as I tend to stick to the dry fly. So, I fished from 12 - 3 and had two nice trout, 8/11 inches on a bead head pheasant tail.
One small query for the Wye and Usk - the new website is great and easily accessible so congratulations on that. This beat shows as a bookable wild stream best when you find the the Upper Wye section. However, and I have checked several times, does not appear to show when you go to the available wild stream section. Entirely possible that I am doing something wrong, but I just though I would pass this on.

2 Trout