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River at good fishable height and clear. WT 9C. Weather dry, sun and high cloud. AT 10C rising to 16C in afternoon. Fished from 11.30am until 4.15pm. March Brown hatches from 12.45pm - short and intense. Also olives hatching until 3.30pm. Had 8 trout with the best two @ 1lb 14oz each. Dry March Brown and Parachute Adams, Baetis nymph and Waterhen Bloa all caught fish. A very pleasant day.

8 Trout

Upon arrival everything looked quiet but as the temperature climbed the odd fish took something off the surface.
At the top of the beat fish were rising steadily to large olives. Sadly most were on the far side of the river and beyond reach. A couple of splashy risers were missed partly due to incompetence, incorrect fly pattern and drag.
5 fish missed, 2 hooked. A fascinating day in lovely conditions with the final score well in the fishes favour.

2 Trout

Beautiful day to be out on the river but slow fishing. Pleased to catch and return two fish of 10 & 12"on a GBHE nymph and dry March Brown imitation. Short March Brown rise got the fish going at about 12.30 but otherwise they showed little interest in the sporadic rises of smaller fly.

2 Trout

Just like to take time and thank Terry for all his help, Whitney Court should be an example for all other Wye and Usk beats! Happy to say had 14lb springer its been in a few weeks little colour, spinning,

1 Salmon

Great hatch over midday of fine sunny day - caught a fine 12 in brown on a small klinkhammer.

1 Trout

I took advantage of the sunshine and lower than recent river level to wet a line. Started at 4:30 pm and left at 6pm, having fished a few pools from the weir back to the bridge. Caught a nice brown mid way along on a gold head nymph fished duo. No other takes and no fish seen rising. Still a very pleasant hour or so which was better than not being there!

1 Trout

1 times Brown Trout 11 inches approx 1lb caught on a Ginger dry fly at 1320. There was a prolific hatch at 1300 and lasted for about 30 mins. Water conditions were very good and sporadic fly throughout the day.

1 Trout

1x Rainbow trout, 14" long, 1 1/2 lbs in weight, caught using spinner. Light wind, calm water, clear sky with mixed cloud, dry. Great day out, my son enjoyed his first fishing trip, we will return soon.

1 Trout

Used nymph then dry fly. Plenty of hatches, several rises but nothing landed. River a good height, weather warm and sunny. Flies used PTN and parachute Adams.

Weather was great and what a lovely location. Unfortunately my ability to catch fish was not so great. On my last visit (last year) I had a successful day, catching some good fish, but not so this time. Upon arrival there were plenty of fish rising just upstream of the bridge and this carried-on for a couple of hours. So, I set about presenting a wide variety of dry flies with absolutely no interest from the fish at all. This has happened to me before elsewhere (thankfully not very often) and I can't quite work out why: maybe they are taking just below the surface such that it appears as a surface take? (Anyone got a view?) I tried fishing sub-surface to no avail (I am not very good at this). Anyway, I ventured downstream into the pool immediately below the bridge and managed to get the interest of what must have been quite a substantial fish as it snatched at my Grey Wulff snapping the tippet in the process. So, had a lovely day but caught nothing and feel a little embarrassed as a consequence on what appeared to be a perfect day for fishing. I will be back though!
WUF Note: AK from Blakeney contacted us to say that his wife lost her watch somewhere near the Penpont bridge. If anyone finds it we would be grateful if they could contact us on 01874 712 074 so that we can arrange for its return.