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Nothing caught

Headed again to fish the cooler waters of the Upper Wye downstream of the Elan confluence where the water temperature was 15-17 degrees over the day, in contrast to the WUF guage at Llanstephan which was five degrees warmer at 20-22! Much like the last six weeks, there was little fly in the morning apart from some midge, needle fly and a (very) few pale wateries, followed by some sedges in the afternoon and evening…..and so, few rising fish. Not atypical of course for this time of year anyway, but more extreme than usual. However, fish still continue to look up and down, responding to jigs, to a #16 pale hare’s fur emerger and to a #14 grizzle EH caddis, which was by far the most effective today, particularly in the streamier water and whether fish were rising or not. Trout were mainly 10-14” and grayling mainly 11-14”, apart from a lovely lady of 17”, just a tad under 2lb. All fish swam off strongly and so returned home safely, as did the angler, despite another day’s fishing in 25 degrees. No cooling rain forecast for the rest of the month! Not good.

10 Trout, 15 Grayling

Have never seen the Wye so low, in drastic need of rain. If it weren't for this being a long booked multi day trip probably wouldn't have made the trip.

Made it a late start from mid afternoon. Interesting to be able to see the river bottom and what it's like. Few chub and barbel spotted which keen to take loose offerings but would dissappear when a bait went in.

Everything happened in the last hour, with each angler catching a chub and 2 barbel. Also managed a wiggly eel...

4 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

12 Trout

6 Trout

1 Chub

6 common carp all on free running ledger
10lb 8oz
8lb 8oz
11lb 4oz
11lb 12oz
8lb
9lb 8oz

6 Other

a 3 hours nymph session gives me a chance to catch 12 nice browns. Beautiful spot. Be carefull when wadding as stones are you slippery.

12 Trout

River very low and more 'chub village' than 'chub city' but the average size and overall condition of the fish notably better than on previous visits. Most of the fish arrived in a 60 minute session in the late afternoon and following a switch from pellet to meat. Best chub easily topped 5 lbs with the majority of fish around the 4 lb mark. The 'other' was an eel which very helpfully de-hooked itself by tying itself into a figure 8 on landing. As per my previous posting, if I hadn't pre-booked this session a long time ago I'm not sure I would have chosen to be fishing the Wye while the river is so clearly short of water.

10 Chub, 1 Other