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Arrived at the river for what was to be the last of the Mayfly days, had the Mayfly not been and gone earlier than usual this year, to what I hoped was better conditions. Especially as I was guiding a chap that had not fished since childhood.

When we arrived at the river the persistent wind was gone!! Phhhew!! And I saw, for the first time in a week, a Mayfly.
It is amazing how even after what seems like an improvement of conditions the fishing can still be so tough. We started off with some casting then moved on to dry fly fishing. Missing quite a few fish, eventually towards then end of the afternoon it all fell into place and we found a real cracker of a fish and low and behold it was feeding on emerging Mayflies. A quick change of flies to a suitably coloured Klink, a well aimed cast, a big splashy rise as the fish took the offering with gusto and it was a well deserved fish on!! After what seemed like a long fight we brought a fantastic 18 incher to the net. Well Done!!

Heavy rain and very high coloured water made fishing difficult, caught one brownie of about 1/2 a pound. Very good service from the Foundation.

A difficult days fishing. Wind and drizzling rain making it only worse. Saw very little surface activity and trundling nymphs, (weighted and unweighted) along likely looking runs produced nothing, often to some surprise.

Conditions looked possible so I went in hope rather than expectation. A 5lb cock fish on the fly was a surprise but a pleasing reward for optimism.
Add to that; a couple of shad which I thought were Salmon takes, (I hadn't realised Shad ran so far up the river),a mid afternoon pair of decent trout and two OOS Grayling on nymphs. All made a fascinating day of 4 species.

1st rod - 3 small brown trout and 1 grayling.
2nd rod - 1 x 1 3/4lb brown trout and a 2 1/2/lbs trout - stunning fish. All returned.

Successful flies were small olive emrgers, olive pheasant tail (shuttlecock), and tungsten beaded GRHE.

Possibly one of my favourite stretches of water.

4 trout to 12 inches caught on various mayfly patterns.

Salmon moving showing throught the day but no takes
1 shad from triangles - nice to see this species still in Wye.

Plenty of trout rising at patches. No salmon taken. Canoes became a problem between 12:30 and 2 but enjoyed a lovely morning in perfect surroundings. With a bit more water this beat has some great pools and holding lies! The owner is extremely helpful also.

2 brown trout caught on hairs ear nymph and pheasant tail nymph. One about 5 inches and the other 10inches. Great beat fantastic location.

Due to traffic didnt arrive til mid afternoon what a lovely beat. River up .3metre with light colour. Took 1st brownie on parachute grey duster only 10" but fin perfect. We found it tough fishing very few flies on water due to very strong wind, small hatch disappeared when colder water from heavy morning showers arrived late pm water colouring noticably by 8pm. Total for 2 rods 5 trout 6-11in. Must try again with hopefully better hatch.