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Gusty conditions but much better than the forecast. The river was another world today, alive with flies of all shapes and sizes from midges to mayfly and even a few big stoneflies. The fish were lying low. Very few rises despite the fly life. Either replete or feeding off the emerging nymphs. Perhaps the chilly wind was keeping them down. A fascinating day on the river.

A lovely pool just above the Bridge was followed by quite a long stretch of unappealing water. Eventually the beat started to look better but the fishing was not easy. One of us fished deep nymphs downstream in fast water and caught 6 fish mostly in the first deep fast corner pool. The other persevered with upstream mayfly and caught nothing. We did not fish all the way to the top of the beat but headed off to spend the rest of our day on the Middle Llynfi Dulas.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

perch

2 Trout, 2 Other

Very poor fishing.

1 Trout

Lovely place but very hard work for me I'm 58 but I will be back.

2 Trout

An entertaining afternoon and evening on the Arrow. Fish were rising but the stiff downstream breeze made it a challenge targeting them with a 3 weight line.
There was enough activity to keep me interested from start to finish. A trickle of large Mayfly hatched during the afternoon. Just occasionally one was taken by a trout (sometimes by a bird) but they were mostly ignored, along with my imitations. However, I had plenty of fun with a Rusty Klinkhammer. It brought significantly more fish to the surface than I could hook, four came to hand. I also had another three to a size 16 weighted GRHE including a beautiful, plump and strong 12 inch trout from the pool just below Mill House.

7 Trout

River was unfishable due to very poor access and low water.

3 of us fishing, and one trout caught on a mayfly. Very little fish activity.

1 Trout

1 Salmon, Female, 12-13lbs, Vanstone Pool. 2 others hooked and lost. 1 Shad, 2lbs.

1 Salmon, 1 Other

I brought zero fish to the net - did not even hook & loose any. The first hour or so I saw no evidence of trout at all. No rises, no sighted fish, no spooked fish despite a reasonable hatch happening. Eventually I saw a few tiddlers (2-4 inch brownies) and then a few in the 5-6" range but nothing connected. I am not sure why - I was using the same setup from the previous day (Parachute Adams as an indicator with a nymph dropper - Bead head PT #16, Hare's Ear bead head jig #18, etc..) which saw me catch 9 fish to the net and about twice that many hooked & lost on the lower Escley. I eventually sighted a 2-3 pound brown but he was a foot off the bank in 6 inches of water in no current. Watched him for 5 minutes as there was no way to actually cast to him & then he buggered off. After 5+ hours I was, to say the least, disappointed in the day's catch but the weather & scenery was glorious. It seems that much of the Wye/Usk Foundation water can be a bit of potluck where some good inside knowledge is a big help - that insight I got from a serious salmon fisherman on the Wye who ran me through each of the beats & gave them a thumbs up or down as to fishiness.