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Cold windy overcast day. Plenty of perch biting but only one overwintered trout caught today.

1 Trout

No fish seen but certainly conditions and fact that there were no canoes (surprising as Easter Sunday, must have been the rain forecast) made for a good day getting used to casting a fly on a far bigger river than I usually fish. Highlight was a session down the Cottage pool in boat with the ghillie Joe.

6 trout on Flying C to 2lbs.

6 Trout

Rain stopped play. Nice beat but blanked.

Blank for salmon, but a delightful few hours fishing down this lovely bit of fly water. Owner Don Macer-Wright (who got one yesterday) was helpful as always. I have an ambition to get a fish out of the Wyebank runs and this time everything looked just about right on a nice "soft" day of cloud. Instead there were some hefty trout hitting the tube in the fast flow to increase the pulse rate for a moment. I sometimes think we should pay some more attention to trout in this part of the Wye and any salmon angler will tell you that there are some really nice ones, right down to the tide. A few grannom and yellow may hatching now. Everything seems to be early this year.

Wild and windy day. Cold northeast wind, blowing downstream, with rain in afternoon did not make for ideal conditions. Sparse and short-lived hatch of LDOs and a few stoneflies in the mid afternoon. Very few fish seen rising. The beat is attractive and more than adequate for a days fishing, should conditions provide the opportunity to fish a dry fly or nymph. 2 fish caught, one 2lbs, but a little thin and the other more modest. Also hooked a fresh salmon of about 8lbs, which shook the hook after about 5 minutes. A moment of excitement on a 5 weight rod!

2 Trout

Stayed at The Fishing Lodge at Swanmeadow on this family (including cousins) holiday; great place and base for going surfing at Rest Bay, cricket tour at The Swalec, good food, all day breakfast at the Steel Horse and BBQ suppers, bike rides and walks in wonderful countryside and thankfully weak internet reception.
The river was perfect for salmon fishing the whole week, however time spent on it was minimal. 3 trout and a mini salmon (salmon smolt 7") to the salmon rod, fishing at both Swanmeadow and Chainbridge. Spent a lot of time on bank and steps repairs (with young help). Lots more to do on what the winter floods" hath given and taken away" at Chainbridge.

3 Trout, 1 Other

No fish seen rising, tried olive para and goldhead nymph with no success. It was quite a chilly spring day with a stiff cold breeze which was probably keeping the fish down, water had a slight tinge of colour to it. No fish caught.

River water abt 1'1", colour clearing, 45F. Canoes busy from 10:30-12:00 otherwise quiet. No fish seen or felt. Overgrowen steep clay banks made getting out of some of the pools difficult. Some nice fly water.

Fenni Fach is a stunning beat with some treacherous wading in the upper section in particular. I took an early dip just a few minutes into the start of my day! I had favourable conditions and there was a decent hatch in the first part of the afternoon but, sadly, no BT either to the nymph or dry fly.