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Difficult day, should have fished better

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

First time fishing the Wye today. Turned up to Abernant at 7am by 8am I was frozen. Around 10am I saw a fish show in Lady Alexander's which I hooked and quickly lost.. Est. 10lbs.
Around 3pm I went up to the Abernant Run, a bit hairy wading but again I was into a fish, just after it had shown. Gave a fantastic account of herself, a beautiful red hen which I quickly measured at 33 inches and safely returned, est. 13lbs.
I must say I was impressed with everything from the river, the access to the beat, fantastic fly water teeming with trout and just the general beauty of the Wye valley.
Both fish hooked on a size 5 salar cascade with a silver body and fast sink tip. Looking forward to 2015 with much anticipation.
Tight Lines. P

1 Salmon, 8 Trout

Water was at 1mtr on gauge when we started at 1pm. We started at the Rock Pool with flying c's. 2 trout took them but no salmon. After two hours moved below the bridge and watched an angler on beat below land and release a good fish. A few salmon were showing and the water was falling and clearing when we left. Prospects look good for rest of week if we don't get another rise in water levels.

2 Trout

14lb slightly coloured salmon on orange single hook flying C. Hen fish safely returned. Many cormorants on the beat, nice to see some water....

1 Salmon

Best Chub 3lb 15oz float. River coming down and less brown.
No barbel showing.

3 Chub

1 Barbel 9lb 6oz on meat, river coming down, conditions looked good.

1 Barbel

Barbel caught on feeder/pellets, Chub on trotted maggots.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Beat in good condition but water heavily colored and high. No fish showing. Fished Maddox through to the tail of the Vanstone. Still plenty of Canoeists for this time of year.

13lb hen salmon taken on no. 10 red shrimp on Builth Town Water fly pool

1 Salmon

Arrived mid morning in warm sunshine and had a long chat with the farmer who is delightful. Fished mainly small nymphs. Connected with a good sized out of season trout which promptly broke the line. Spotted a couple of other trout of perhaps 1 1/2lbs each, otherwise blank. This is a beautiful beat with easy wading and crossing. Sadly ran out of time to explore the bottom of the beat in detail but will do so on my next visit. Booking on line was very easy and efficient.