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River at 1ft and with a tinge of colour with fish showing at regular intervals throughout the day. Showers in morning, but heavy rain in late afternoon until 8pm. 15lb salmon caught in Station Stream (beat 3) on second cast with small cascade on floating line. One other pull in Cottage Stream in evening.
Very enjoyable day and thank you to the Foundation for a very efficient booking system.

Arrived at the river at 8.30, River was looking good due to rain the night before, no fish showing until around 11.30 then the barbel fed through the day. I had two, one at 7lb and a nice one at 9lb 12oz, and 1 chub, losing 3 barbel (snapped late on a big fish). My uncle Brian had 1 barbel at 9lb 6oz, stunning fish, and a chub.

Lovely stretch of water. We will do better next time after locating the fish. Thanks to all at the Wye & Usk Foundation.

5 chub to 4lb. No sign of barbel though.

8lb fresh small summer salmon caught Legg Meadow crib 2030 hrs Friday. Coarse fisherman saw 2 salmon showing throughout the day, one below Legg meadow crib the other above the crib off the weedbank. I caught the fish below the crib spinning small black flying c.

One fairly fresh Salmon (Hen) 32" / 14bs from Station Stream (beat 3) on 1/2" black / silver / sparkle Alu tube on floating line and floating polyleader.

Water temp ~60F, water height 1'0".

Also lost a Salmon on 4th cast of morning in Cottage flats - careless!.

Despite heavy rain on Friday and heavy showers on Saturday, the river was at an excellent height and only slightly coloured with road run off. Many fish, some large, showing thoughout Beats 2 and 3.

Fished it all day from 0630 to 2000hrs, saw no end of salmon coming through as before, but at 0750hrs I caught a 20lb (approx) fresh hen salmon on a a sink tip with a a tiny silver stoat with a blue hackle.

It went on rocket runs and was undoubtedly my most exhilarating fishing experience to date.

At about 1100hrs I caught a 7lb hen on the same fly. Both were splendid fresh silver fish.

So; Wye 1 Me 2 at the end of the second day AND I had the beat booked for a further day...

A perfect day for fishing, some sun, cloud and rain. River level could have been a little higher at .6m. Fished the top pools on the caravan side with the fly. Salmon spotted as usual at submerged tree. Took spinning rod to fish below bridge where I managed to spook two huge salmon; one above the cables and one below. Still trying to get into my skin two days later. Was like yard long logs dropped from 20 paces, wow! Stealth - the salmon lie along this bank. Shad also present. Returned one trout to the spinner. Great day with great company, one to remember.

First time on this beat, enjoyed the day immensely. Fished for both salmon and trout but without success.

Wading can be a little tricky to the un-initiated, underfoot conditions predominated by biggish rocks and boulders. Wading the lower pools not possible or extremely difficult, steep sided banks and muddy bottom - to be avoided

Water height was at a decent level (as informed by the owner) running fairly briskly in shallower areas.

10 x trout 6-12 inches, Klinkhammer. This little brook certainly seems to have been refreshed by the recent showers, running clear now and most of the slime gone from the bottom.

A wonderful day in a glorious setting despite the regular heavy showers. The aim of the day was to take an assortment of 5-8 year olds fishing. Final total was 13 trout from 1.5-2.5lbs, mix of rainbows and surprisingly blue's, 5 on fly and 8 on spinner and 5 very happy kids. Every child caught a fish and there are now three more passionate fishermen in Wales.

What a great set up, booked on line late on Friday and it is a joy to find a high quality any method fishery which was just so ideal for getting the kids into fishing.