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River dropping but fishable.
1 salmon seen on Beat 4 but nothing caught.

Barbel and one chub from the field downstream of the woods, biggest one just shy of 10lb. Other chub from the hut field.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

Cold start to the day ( 2 degrees) but cloudy and not a breath of wind which is perfect by me. River low and clear but no fly life and I never saw a rise all day. Caught fish from most spots except the long glide on the open field which is normally quite good. Pestered by the oos trout later in the day ( even had two on a once ! ) but one was 18" so I didn't mind that one! .Fished nymphs all day, the biggest grayling was 15" but half of them were quite small.

11 Trout, 18 Grayling

2 Grayling

18lb cock fish on 12 shrimp cascade 10.32 am. First Usk salmon in 46 years of fishing on the river!

1 Salmon

First ever salmon for Dave Ashworth on his first visit to the Wye – 10lb hen from the tail of the Ferry (House) Pool on a 1” Willie Gunn tube.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

River was slightly higher than its summer lows and a bit "milky". A bright but cloudy day.
A few grayling rising made for a great (half) day's sport. Lots of fun mostly with dry/ floating flies this time - nothing seemed interested in any of the nymphs I tried.
Some earthworks have been/ are being done to the beat - they seem to have opened up access to some previously less accessible parts of the beat.

6 Grayling

Great day

14 Barbel, 3 Chub