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All the fish were caught on dry flies, even with the odd snow fall. Large dark olive imitations were doing the trick as there was the odd hatch of them. I fished as a guest of Shaun Watkins.

1 Trout, 10 Grayling

Had the fish in slow deep water. All caught on olive dries. Large hatch of dark olives lasted 3 hours, one grayling 19".

1 Trout, 11 Grayling

This wasn't such a bright idea. Supposed to be a few hours trotting, but with the river was still very fast at 2 foot 4 inches on the gauge and still with a bit of colour. Found on arrival I had cleverly left my wading stick at home - a bit of equipment I rather needed today. So I tucked myself in under the bank and finally produced a 14 inch grayling which was a major drama to play up the current. This was the only success of the day. I then lost all the terminal tackle in a snag which rather discouraged me, so wandered along the bank to look at some salmon fishing and dream of the coming season.

1 Grayling

No luck- water very cold at 40 deg F, not great conditions.

Lovely day on river

6 Grayling

Good to be back on the Wye 1 pike caught on lure 6lb. Thanks WIG for access to the waters

1 Pike

Underestimated the amount of rain that fell during the night.The river was very coloured, rising with a strong flow. Sheeps carcass beached on gravel spit mid stream on lower section. Not a touch today.

From a consistent low level recently the river was rising from overnight rain on arrival and soon was up about a foot and carrying a heavy colour. The fly rod was swiftly put back in the car! As an alternative to the long drive home I persevered with trotting but with little confidence. Gauge only went up to about 0.7m, still in theory ok for trotting but I would say on a settled river, less so on the angry boiling broth witnessed today!

Very difficult day, a lot of the beat covered but to no avail. Bailiff on stretch side fishing has been very difficult lately. Few words and pics of the day available on www.Thetreetrout.co.uk

No fish caught should of tried the top end of the fishery but ran out of time.