Feedback & Reports

Morning and mid-afternoon going mainly at fish rising to hatches of smallish light coloured mayflies which ignored my nymphs and drys but eventually only seemed interested in a CDC emerger pattern if I managed to present competently. Sublime late afternoon and evening rise on the river, the beat was a hive of activity with midges, small sedges, little mayflies and olives coming off - great fun (despite the older/wiser brownies not putting in much of an appearance at/after dusk) and one of those memorable days

8 Trout

Lost several trout, one felt like quite a decent fish - over a pound easily, but it threw the hook after a few seconds. Plenty of takes on the dry fly but failed to hook any successfully. Down stream wind made casting difficult. A lone otter was making its way up the bottom of the beat at dusk. Will be back, excellent beat.

7 Trout, 1 Grayling

One of my favourite clubs and stretch on Wye.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

2 Trout

2 Trout

River fished well but completely overgrown with no obvious entry/exit points

14 Trout

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

A real treat to watch an otter giving her young cub a swimming lesson. He preferred skipping along the bank! Also the largest number of sand martins I have ever seen. They were well fed from a trickle of various olives, mayflies and yellow mays all afternoon. And the fishing was good. All caught on dries.

6 Trout