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All of the fish were caught at the top which is the only part of the beat that is worthwhile at the the moment.Spooky fish in the low water with only 5” on the gauge and the cool downstream breeze meant that there weren’t many rising either side of midday. A few olives, and a sparse grannom hatch but no mayfly seen.
An early finish , but I did spend a few hours fishing small salmon flies through the deeper pools at the bottom .Nothing touched or seen.

5 Trout, 5 Grayling

10lb fish for James Tustin

1 Salmon

Water very low, took the Chub while fly fishing for Salmon and the grayling & trout was with a dry fly.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling, 1 Chub

2 Chub

Just one trout of around 1/2lb from the flats on dry fly.

1 Trout

Rectory . 2 rods salmon
Perfect overcast conditions light breeze. River up slightly from previous low. 3 salmon seen at throat of Rectory pool and seatrout in Mill pool.
1 large chub on Silver Dr. and 2 small trout on Sunray shadow

2 Trout, 1 Chub

Caught a 2lb Shad at the Stream, just outside the fishing hut, on a salmon lure.

I had no luck at the Rock pool, so tried a small buzzer on a light trout rod and caught 3 lovely wild brown.

Tricky fishing but very enjoyable- hut could do with a clean up.

3 Trout, 1 Other

Despite the one foot lift in the upper river earlier in the week, the Llanstephen gauge was back down at 8" by the time I pitched up at riverside at The Rock at 8.30 am. The water was clear, even if would have preferred another foot. The Rock only gave up a feisty brownie on my Usk Grub. Fished down through the Mill Stream and into the Rectory Neck. Not a peep. And the blazing sunshine probably didn't help. I fished these down a few times and was off by 1pm for the long drive home. Two other anglers were booked for today but I didn't see them. I suspect that the earlier rain may benefit the middle Wye beats - the Upper Wye may have to wait for a more substantial flood. Beautiful though, as always.

Rectory . Salmon. 2 rods . River low but clean . 1 salmon seen Rectory pool.
Nil