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Very hot and sunny. Saw and fished over salmon at rockpool with several flies with no success. water very clear. Fished early evening for trout and took 5 to .75lb in woodstream on sunk 16 size tin head olive nymph. Hard fishing but enjoyed the day.

12 x trout 6-9 inches on Mini-Klinkhammer. Probably twice that in additional smaller fish and parr. I didn't see any larger fish, but there are a few deep holes at the top end, so they may well be there, as they certainly are on the lower GV beat. I'm not clear how long this beat is, but it takes about 4 hours to fish. A nice morning or afternoon on a very pretty stream in a beautiful valley. It does strike me that 4 vouchers, or perhaps even 3, would be pricing more in line with other similar beats on the passport scheme.

Plenty of small fish 4". 2 x 9". River low not a lot of places to find the larger fish.

What a delightful little river, which was running clear and seemingly with a good volume of water (compared to some of the other roving voucher beats I have visited in the last 2 months). It is fairly tough work making your way upstream given the steepness of the gorge and slippery bedrock - my Vibram soled wading boots offered no grip at all and I was dunked 3 times - so care is needed when wading. A total of 17 fish caught, mostly brown trout with a handful of salmon parr, all released. Five fish were over 7" with the best being 9". The rest were all around the 4.5" to 5.5" mark. Most were taken on #22/24 BH PTNs, with a few on #18 Black/Purple Klinks and Parachute Adams. [P.S. I didn't have a pen to hand, so the 5 blank vouchers in the box are mine.]

A slow start culminating in a lively half hour rise at sunset with an abundant sedge hatch. I ended the day with 16 WBT of varying sizes up to 1 lb. S.H. of Burleigh caught 10 WBT up to 1 lb. Mainly taking PTN and Klink.

Started at about 7am on the lower end of Legg Meadow. Nothing until about 9am, when Don arrived to say hello. I promptly hooked two barbel in two casts, lost the first to a hook pull but landed the second at 8lb 12oz. Don left, and I only had one further chub until mid-afternoon, when I had another 3 barbel to about 6lb and 2 chub to 4lb. Unfortunately I had to leave at 5pm, just as Don returned. Maybe I should have stayed an hour or so longer - he seems to bring me luck. All fish to 8mm pellet & corn cocktails fished behind a big open-ended feeder.

All in all a very nice stretch of water, and it is possible to deal with the inevitable armada of canoes by keeping your rod low and your eyes open. Annoying though they are, the canoes seem to worry us anglers more than the fish - in fact I caught one barbel from more or less underneath one in about 5 feet of water. However I don't think I'd like to try to fish a static leger across to the far bank while they're about.

I look forward to returning with a foot or two of extra water around - I think the deeper, upper part of Legg Meadow will come into its own then. A big well done to WUF and Don.

Arrived at about 5.30pm on this Sunday evening, only to find that we could have started earlier as the Kayak 'traffic' had already stopped. Fishing the same swim as the previous evening, this time with swim-feeders and 14mm halibut pellets, within 30 seconds of Alan's first cast he hooked a nice Barbel! We fished till 9.20pm, and in this short session, we caught 6 Barbel to 6lb.15oz., and 3 chub to 4lb.
Our thanks to the Wye & Usk Foundation for making this fishing available to us, with very special thanks to Don Macer-Wright for his friendly approach and his invaluable advice. Superb fishing which must be enjoyed again!

Fished The Dukes (am) and The Hut (pm) on Sunday from 0630 'till the early evening. Bright, hot day unfortunately, but water clear and falling after a good spate. I ensured the fly was in the water frequently in line with the recommended tidal timings but saw very few fish and caught naught against all expectations. Beguiling water!

By the bye, some dog owners and their pets from the adjacent Dogagility show ignored the Out of Bounds signs and turned the river into a stick throwing, snarling, barking, churned up cacophony in the late afternoon. That was fun, so we three fisher folk on the beat departed.

Very hard fishing and no sign of any salmon. Mainly fly fished for salmon but tried for trout towards end of day.
Only 1 small brownie to report for a very long day.

3 wbt - 6-8". Fished variety of wet and klinkhammer with nymph under. Lots of small fish takes mainly on edge of fast water. Saw evidence of two larger fish but very quiet all day. Watched an otter for some time working over the pool at the top of the beat.