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No fish caught, had one pull all day. Weather hot, not a cloud in the sky and the wind blew all day towards the dam end. We only saw a few fish rise all day. We tried all convenient spots around the reservoir, this is a very good hike.

Brown Trout x 7. Biggest about 7".

A beautiful beat on the Upper Wye, which was less productive than I had expected. It was a windy day with bright sun; very few fish were rising so I fished mainly with nymphs. One had to work hard for the fish - 5 were caught and returned (2 trout which were less than 1/2 lb each, 2 small grayling and one salmon smolt). A better fish was hooked and lost after a brief tussle. However, it was a lovely day in beautiful countryside.

7 Trout biggest 10". Missed loads! The beat needs a spot of gardening? Great Day!

Not fishing today but merely enjoying a fine afternoon along the Wye. Amazed to see huge shoals of Shad making their annual pilgrimage upstream. In thirty minutes many hundreds, if not thousands, passed my viewpoint. Also spotted a very large Pike with her escorts, and to cap it all off a Perch that must have been nudging three pounds. Wow, what a river we have.

My first time on this beat and I was delighted to see rising fish from the off. With the river really low and clear I was assisted with some cloud cover until mid afternoon and ended up with 8 fish.
The highlight was 2 beautifull fish taken on consecutive casts and both a fraction under 20". All fish taken on small dries with 15` leader.

2 Grayling 12" & 14", 1 "very large" Brown Trout lost at net!

A lovely day on a charming beat, but the fishing was challenging due probably to low water and bright sun. Only 3 small trout (less than 1/2 lb each) caught (and returned). All caught on nymphs (pheasant tail and non-specific Czech nymphs). One decent fish (probably 1 or 1 1/2 lbs was played for a brief time and lost). Very few fish were rising, despite a huge hatch in the late afternoon/early evening. Dry flies were tried without success.

24 trout from 1lb to 0.05lb! Great Day.

Six brown trout to 10", 1 salmon par, 1 grayling. An excellent days fishing, river a little shallow, but fishable. All fish caught with a single fly, a sedge olive. Banks are now getting to be a little overgrown with nettles etc.