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Water level very low, overcast but warm. Day was spent with Chris for a days guidance on salmon fishing instruction learning to spey cast etc and other ideas for trout fishing and reading the water. I found this day a very useful time and much enjoyed the company of Chris.
I look forward to putting what I have learned into practice later in the season when conditions are better and salmon could be about in Sept/Oct.

1 Trout

Very nice day, but the water was very low. Plenty of small trout around, caught 6 trout around 9 inch on dry fly and nymphs. Only fished about 2 h in the afternoon so I did not fish all water.

6 Trout

River low and clear, grayling caught on a team of small GH nymphs, trout and a shad on a czech nymph.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Other

I fished from 11am to 2:30pm. River very low and not that many flies about although I spotted about 10 rises. 4 grayling of about 6-8 inches caught along with a bigger fish of about 11-12 inches. 3 trout up to 8 inches caught although I lost a couple of much bigger ones. All fish caught on parachute adams or cdc dry flies apart from one caught on a tungsten bead nymph.
The sheep seem to be causing quite a bit of damage to the banks in the large field on the left bank that used to have crops in it and which isn't fenced off from the river. A dead sheep was also in the river near to the boundary between this field and the first field where you park. Two cormorants spotted flying away from the river when I was walking to the start of the beat.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

Nice section of lower Wye. Lower part of beat was choked with weed and therefore not fishable. "Boys Rocks" is where the "Wye Tackle Fairy" resides. 4 good Barbel taken from swims on pellet downstream of "Boys Rocks". A tough day only blighted by intense sunshine.

4 Barbel

7 small trout caught.

7 Trout

We fished Beats 2,3 and 4 but with only moderate success. We wonder if there are fewer barbel in these upstream stretches compared to further downstream BUT Whitney Court is set in wonderful scenery and it is a great place to spend a day.

1 Barbel, 13 Chub

Fished 5pm to dusk with lighter hooklength and smaller hooks. Eels were a problem as they seem to be attracted to fishmeal groundbait.

4 Chub, 5 Other

Lost a fish from the Maddox after about 10min battle. Saw a few fish in the Vanstone and the Maddox. Low river level so it was hard to find fly water but we had fun all day. New location of the car park helps a lot.

Fished the morning on the bottom of the beat - just a couple of small grayling, nothing rising.

2 Grayling