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A cooler day than of late with a bit of welcome cloud cover. The river low but in great Nick… no slime anywhere and weed growth showing. Water temp 17.5 when we arrived 11.30 … 18 by 15.00 and 18.5 by 17.00. Water level dropped by an inch over this time was dam water being released?

We hoped for a hatch but nothing consistent forthcoming… plenty of sedges and gnats around though … a few spinners first thing and occasional duns in the evening were the only ephemera.

Fish sporadically rising throughout the day although not in the usual places. 10 trout between us up to 16” all heavily spotted beauties and 5 grayling including 3 in the 16-19” size range which we haven’t seen for a couple of years. With the water so clear every stone on the bottom was visible even in the deep runs but the grayling just appear out of nowhere . Magical!

All fish taken on usual parachute dries and all swam away strongly ….

10 Trout, 5 Grayling

French nymphing and dry fly

11 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

Overnight rain (15mm) didn't affect the river until late afternoon when the water coloured up slightly and the level rose about 25cm over the course of three or four hours. The river looked perfect but fishing remained difficult

1 Grayling

Gin clear and low; several short hatches but very little surface activity.

1 Trout

20 Trout, 7 Grayling

Very few fish showing. Beautiful beat with lots of different water to go at. Grayling of around a pound falling to tungsten bead nymphs. Lost one and had a few pulls but generally slow/ hard work.

1 Grayling

3 Grayling

Started below the footbridge, saw fast moving fish heading upstream.
3 rises all afternoon, fished a dry and nymph combo, had one rise to the dry but no takes.
River levels and water was good.

All catches came within a brief hour at 13:00 on the dry fly during a good hatch. River level very low and had a strong up stream wind to contend with. Missed a few other fish, likely grayling. Beautiful stretch of river Wye.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling