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Upstream dry fly. Very bright day. Water very slow above weir. Little sign of fish, possibly some large chub moving deep.
Couldn't stay to fish late.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Salmon of 7 or 8lb from Lower Courtfield between pub and 40mph exit sign. Single hooked small orange/silver Flying C. Quite coloured fish with many spots and off white underside, hooked mid stream on slow retrieve across current. Unhooked in water, swam off strongly.
From the raised deck of our home I have seen groups of grilse moving up shallows by island Friday morning and again around 8am this Saturday. Why they do not go up deeper water behind the Island is beyond me. Not seen this in previous years. Gulls feasting on baby mallards and returning Shad all week.

1 Salmon

A poor day, very few fish rising and nothing caught from morning to late afternoon. It is however a fantastic spot and would go back (more likely after 6pm).

6 Trout

Stunning scenery at How Caple Court, very bright sunny day. Thought it might be hard going and this proved to be the case. Still managed 7 chub and 1 barbel, all caught on trotted pellets. For those of you that wish to wade into the river and fish, I opened up the peg by the pump house. This is at the top of the beat. Very nice to meet the land owner and Andy the game keeper. There is a fallen tree in the river halfway down the lower part of the beat, if the Wye and Usk could open up a new peg here it could well be a great fish holding area. It is quite steep however and dog spike and rope would be a good idea (safety first).

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Fair few to hand, mainly taken on nymph, a few to dry although fish were very reluctant to rise in this beautiful weather. Lovely hour or so then popped to Bideford Brook before footy!

7 Trout

Blasted up the beat in an hour to get back for footy. Fair few to hand on nymph.

7 Trout

First Fish! Size 4 Mepp. 10lb Fresh Fish.

1 Salmon

Bit optimistic for salmon given low water but great fishery to visit. Lovely spot and given some more water would be fantastic. Very friendly people running the caravan park where I parked. Enjoyable day with switch rods, trout and grayling to port and starboards size 12 and 14's. Will be back here later in the season if possible.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Great evenings fishing. Lost two others.

1 Trout