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Before even casting a fly, I knew that the two days booked where going to be a complete waste of time.
If there were salmon present, it was hopeless with so many visitors swimming, plus dogs and children in all sections of what could have been a fabulous piece of water. Canoeists were also present the whole day and it was laughable that it was offered for a day of fishing.
Not impressed and I won't return.

WUF Note: The top half of this beat does get busy during peak tourist season, and in this unfortunate circumstance meant it wasn't fishable. We have amended our notes to help inform anglers of this to prevent a situation like this reoccurring in the future.

Little sign of fly or rise. Basically a children day

1 Trout

Children's learning day. Not much happening

Water level very low and some difficulty accessing the river due to land slips.

1 Trout

Visited the Tarrell in the morning, showing an abundance of fly life hatching consistently but I didn't see or come in contact with any fish at all. Moved up to the llynfi at lunch time and had 6 lovely fish one being a lovely 11" fish to an olive Klink. Caught on mixture of olive nymph hares ear and dries.

6 Trout

4 brown trout caught, up to about a pound and a half ( I think from 'Tip Pool'). 3 returned, 1 kept. Water level looked quite low (keep in mind this was the first time I have fished here so no basis for comparison!). Spoke to a couple of locals on the water/ in the town - very friendly, welcoming and full of helpful tips! A great day's fishing in beautiful surroundings - I will definitely head back here in the hopefully not too distant future.

4 Trout

Fished the home waters on the middle Wye today (12 degrees air and water) from about 10-3 pm. Found fish midging in glides at arrival, seeming to be monopolised by 8” grayling, several of which took a small HE parachute emerger. Then there were some thin hatches of Grannom, LDOs and either MBs or LBDs (couldn’t get one close up enough to distinguish but they were one of the two) from about 11.30 until 12.45, which got a few fish active up top. I had five trout 10-14” and five ladies 8-12”, mainly on the HE parachute and a couple on a Universal Baetis Ducks Dun. I also saw some hawthorns for the first time this year (also reported from the Usk today).
I thought I heard a rise in the margins behind me at one point and turned around to locate the “rise” only to see an estimated 12lb hen pike with two men in tow coming up river to spawn . They were so preoccupied, they didn’t see me untiI I was almost on them trying to take some pix. Sex has a lot to answer for (as the growing shoals of resident chub and barbel also testify)!
Found a bonus, dead heron as well, so some feathers have gone into a bag in the freezer - more Kites Imperials!
A fun few hours but still very hard fishing. The prevailing cold winds just seem to be killing it. Hopefully the rivers will soon really wake up, though Monday and Tuesday’s forecast cold weather seems unlikely to help?