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One brown trout of around 2-3lb caught on stonefly nymph just above bridge, returned. Lost another one in same area. Very enjoyable morning's fishing - will be back to try more of the beats.

A wonderful first day on the Wye. Despite the harsh wind the fish were quite willing to feed. Lost count of the exact number of fish I caught but it was around 15+ Trout (to around 12inches) and 12-14 OOS Grayling to a similar size. Caught on a variety of methods and flies. Part of the beauty of this beat is that there is such a variety of water - you can experiment with different methods and flies until your heart is content! Lost a good fish in the evening which sipped down a Klinkhammer variant in a flat glide. The day ended with a fleeting sight of what I'm certain was a nightjar flying quickly above the river, a first for me and a lovely end to the day.

Difficult day with a strong upstream wind. Managed 5 trout 9-12” on CDC Dry Hares Ear. Failed to tempt fish to nymphs but GH Tadpole Black proved to be good choice catching me another 4 WBT and a couple of parrs. Big brownie (4-5lbs) spotted in the depths by the rock. Grayling rising to god-knows-what. Several hours and fifty flies later I hooked one grayling on greenwells glory (winged) #18, second cast – second grayling, third cast – snapped fly on bigger fish and having nothing to replace dry I called it a day.

Dozen trout and OOS grayling to 12". Not a great deal of visible activity but about half fish caught on the surface to small black emerger patterns. A very enjoyable beat.

Gallant attempts for Salmon gave way to trout fishing. Several trout 6-10 ins, 1 salmon parr. Terrific stretch of river.

Low water, sunny and windy
Rod 1: blanked
Rod 2: 1 wbt 13", 17 wbt small <6", 1 grayling

10 trout, best just under a pound. The stiff easterly breeze made conditions quite awkward at times, but it was still a lovely day's fishing on this beautiful beat. The river was very low and clear, and most of the fish came from the deeper pools, taken on small weighted nymphs.

I always liked the Hindwell which, as the WUF directions explain, is spring-fed and tends to have a fairly regular flow. A good place to go when other streams are affected by flood or drought. It's great to have a second Hindwell beat now and I was gratified when I arrived to find plenty of cold water sliding over clean gravel, instead of the low flows and slimy river beds which the drought has produced elsewhere. It was early in the morning and a cold wind was blowing upstream - nothing much rising, but fish were prepared to come up to a prospective Klinkhammer. I missed a lot, including pricking a big one I saw whizzing back under his tree roots, and ended up with just 5 trout, mostly 9-10 inches, all with that nice white halo around the red spots characteristic of fish in this system. A bull in the field on the way down to the start seems to be fairly amiable - at least he's a Hereford and has his wives with him, which I take as a good sign. Otherwise, I noticed the hawthorns are up, St Mark's day having already passed. Classic border fishing.

Good day on the water. Decent wind brought some terrestrials onto the water and reasonable success given the very very low water. About 30 fish caught in total biggest 1lb brown trout. Some out of season grayling. Wye looking beautiful as ever...Czech nymphing (caddis patterns), NZ style (klink, hawthorn, black gnat, elk caddis)and size 18 skinny nymph and PTN and GRHE.
Pray to the rain gods to improve fishing prospects!

Sunny day but with strong winds developing, making casting difficult at times. Not many fish rising, but fish starting under water about 10x from bank. Fished for about 2 hrs taking 5 fish on wet flies on a floating line. Typical successful flies were teal and black and peter ross.