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After a tough morning lower down the system fished about half of Hergest for the afternoon. Water still quiet low but a decent enough flow through. All fish caught to variety of dry.

10 Trout

Water low,lots of fly life few rises. Small wbt on nymph and grey klink. 8 trout to 11", most in the tail of the runs. Beautiful day on a beautiful beat.

8 Trout

A beautiful day, and as usual this beat was wonderful. But no fish moving . . . .

A half-hour rise around 4pm, by very small trout. The one I landed was a 6" troutling, returned.

1 Trout

River again in beautiful condition, but no sign of fish. Have to get stealthier!

Fished a duo rig on this delightful beat, of which I only explored the lower half. Turned over a few fish, but they were small.

A quite warm spring day with lighter winds than of late. Plenty of fly life in the air including several different Olives and Sedge's. Occasional fish rising in the slow sunny pools where I caught 4 on an IOBO size 16. The rest came from the riffles to a Gold head nymph. Biggest of the day around 10 inches. Made it past the waterfall for the first time where there are a couple more nice pools.

11 Trout

one small trout

1 Trout

I moved from the Cammarch around midday and fished the Edw from 1.30 until 5.30. Fishing was dead on the Cammarch but the Edw was buzzing! 6 of the 8 were caught fishing duo with a size 18 tungsten bead PTN the other 2 came to size 14 olive klinkhammer. Kingfisher flashing by and an intense simultaneous hatch of olives and little black midges...fish were preoccupied by the midges which I couldn't match and after having eaten their fill could not be tempted by anything else.

8 Trout

What a beautiful day. It was like mid- summer. I haven't fished this beat before but I can understand why it is seems to be so many people's favourite. It has gone to the top of my list of wild stream beats. The water was at a perfect height and for those of us who are no longer young, the wading is quite easy: at this time of year, the casting is not difficult either. I could easily cover the river. Another plus point is that access is extremely well provided: there are plenty of entry points in the fencing. It is a really well presented beat. Thanks to the owner of the land and the wye and usk. As to the fishing- I thought it might be a little early for this beat and although there were flies coming off the water, I saw no rises. My new year's resolution is to learn to use the nymph as I tend to stick to the dry fly. So, I fished from 12 - 3 and had two nice trout, 8/11 inches on a bead head pheasant tail.
One small query for the Wye and Usk - the new website is great and easily accessible so congratulations on that. This beat shows as a bookable wild stream best when you find the the Upper Wye section. However, and I have checked several times, does not appear to show when you go to the available wild stream section. Entirely possible that I am doing something wrong, but I just though I would pass this on.

2 Trout