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26 to hand today all released safely. Spent 5 hours on beat covering rises from the larger fish today. All fish fell for cdc loopwing emerger (mayfly). Several shook hook also. Largest three were all roughly 14 inches, ten or so 12 inches the rest around the ten inch mark. Water levels dropping and with the glaring sun made for a stealthy approach. Lovely day on the Escley.

26 Trout

9 x trout 8-11 inches, Monnow Gosling. A rather bright, hot day, slightly quiet with only the occasional rise to naturals. However, mayfly were around and fish were certainly very ready to come up to a big pattern. I missed far too many and lost one when the hook gape opened. Eywas Harold had some sort of carnival going on; finished off with a pint in the Dog - the perfect angler's pub, which never seems to close.

9 Trout

A perfect fishing day with light winds and 18 centigrade.
Fished French leader with spiders and weighted nymphs in the faster water. I only managed to land 10 and lost count of the lightning fast takes and misses.
Various up wing flies and a few Sedges about but very few rises seen.

10 Trout

Fly fished 1/2 day then used flying c spinner for the rest of the day. Only had 2 brown trout on fly.

2 Trout

12.30 TODAY 32INCH HEN SALMON FROM SHIPLEY STREAM ESTIMATED 12/13 POUNDS CAUGHT ON FLYING C.

1 Salmon

Used dry fly only, disappointing fly life. A few mayfly about. Difficult access mostly.

2 Trout

A 15lb salmon caught from Florence at bigsweir cocktail fish, fresh as new pin.

1 Salmon

This was a very frustrating day on the river. It started well with a brace of 14" brown trout taken in quick succesion to a large brook dun imitation. But then the hoards came and set up camp on every access point to the river, splashing about and taking their dogs for swims. One couple even had an inflatable boat they were sitting in anchored to a tree. On top of the crowds the sky was bright and the water quite coloured. I stuck it out and took one more 12" trout to an olive F fly late in the afternoon but all in all a very tough day.
This is definitely not a beat to fish on a sunny bank holiday weekend.

3 Trout

First time I have fished this water, and what a lovely water it is. The day went really well, seven fish caught in all, lost a few more as well ..... Lots of hatches and fish topping everywhere.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

11:30am Start. Striking too early made for lots of lost strikes. Lost a further two that shook the hook. 3:30pm 9" WBT on #12 Gold Head Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph in the riffle entering the head of a pool. 4:30pm another 9" WBT on a Winged Adam's #16. All earlier takes were to a #16 Greenwell's Glory before I lost my last one in a tree.

2 Trout