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Beautiful weather. River very low. Fish were rising sporadically despite the abundance of insect life. They were also very spooky -- no more than one cast possible. Managed to rise a few, but did not hook any. Finally, an 8' rod was arguably too long for the tight conditions.

Beautiful day and location, but unfortunately no fish.

Caught 5 small brown trout on nymph only i take on dry fly.

Not one of my best days. River very low and conditions bright sun all day. Managed to winkle out 3 trout from under trees tight up against the bank. Not much rising all day suprisingly. One about a pound and two about 4oz.
Must remember not to pick half term week again. Kids at the bottom of the stretch and playing in the river in a pool half way up the stretch.

The weather forecast, warm sunny intervals after the rain and cool, promised a much better day than my last Gromain session, last June. I was into fish from the off, eager, nymphing fish, taking my weighted flies on the drop. There were a few flies coming off, and I anticipated a decent crack at rising fish with dries later. However, hatching flies and rises were few throughout the day. The fish taken on dries were pulled up with klinks. It was still a good day, with my count being 25 up to 12 oz, including 4 grayling. A brownie of about 1½ lb was off after the third leap, and I pricked and turned a couple of beauties in the streamy water. All were released, some, sooner than planned! My friend had nearly as many as I, including a few grayling, a dace, and accidentally, a couple of shad which avoided landing.
Despite the lack of a sustained hatch and rise, it was a lovely day. If only there was a hatch forecast...

Little fly life, a few rises and only one trout (8") caught, not a great day.

Half a dozen small fish on a mixture of nymphs and klinkhammers. Late in the afternoon a fish of well over 2 lbs from the Salmon Pool on a size 14 olive klinkhammer.

I had a great afternoons sport and caught sixteen Brown Trout to 9" and one Grayling all on an Iron Blue.

First time I've fished this beat, but yet another classic Wye valley fishery. River very low, but with a tinge of colour from recent rain. Had to share beat unexpectedly with 3 anglers from Winchester, but all managed very amicably. Concentrated on Lady Alexanders Catch pool and managed to extract 8 trout and 7 grayling, spread throughout the length; none of any particular size, bar one grayling of around the pound mark. GRHE & Copper John most successful flies, with only one trout being taken on a dry fly. Will be back in autumn for the grayling!

River was low and a little coloured from the rain on Saturday. Lovely beat but you need to be a confident wader on this beat. Netted 3 WBT, 2 around 14" the other 6". Missed loads of takes and nibbles. Fished goldhead PTN #18 downstream through the gutters and pools. One fish taken on an olive klinkhammer #20. Good hatches of mayfly throught the day. Lots of midges too.