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Well another fish lost this morning on the upper section of the beat. Didn't see any fish moving, very quite on a perfect looking river !

10lbs slightly coloured hen. Top of Gutter (newly purchased) Fly: Faughan Fancy

1 Salmon

Great afternoon with 3 rainbows to each rod, all taken on light tackle using small Mepps.

6 Trout

Method of fishing fly, Returned 16 lbs coloured hen salmon

1 Salmon

Caught on ledgered pellet. Barbel to 8lb, chub to 4lb.

7 Barbel, 11 Chub

Early arrival. River 0.64m and lovely colour. A few fish seen of various sizes and hues,including a fresh grilse which nearly ran over my foot on Upper Rock! A 13lb colouring cock fish accepted my Feeler Cascade and was safely released after a good fight. Nice kip in the afternoon sun. Things surprisingly quiet later on in spite of very high tides. A delightful day's fishing.

1 Salmon

Water in good condition and with plenty of flow today. No rising fish yet again but caught some small trout, grayling and a couple of salmon parr. Saw one salmon briefly! I went to where it was and had a take from it, but it got off. Overall a pretty dead day.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling, 2 Other

Fished 10.00 to 16.00, all caught on dry fly. Overcast with bit of a breeze, all fish 6 - 10 inches.

4 Grayling

No salmon seen all day. River level slightly below ideal fly fishing height, according to our guide, Jonathan Morris. River dropping slightly. Enjoyed my first visit to fish the Wye, with a number of good fly fishing sections.
Waders need to have a good set of studs as the rocks are very slippery
Jonathan Morris was a pleasant, helpful informative guide/ghillie.

This beat has a substantial amount of fishable water (0.43 on the Abernant gauge) and is in three distinctive sections. The upper and lower parts, which I didn't have time to explore fully, are faster flowing, rockier and more overgrown. The middle part is more gentle-paced, open and easy going underfoot over gravel, with very easy access.
Most of the grayling were quite small (1/2lb) with 4 over a pound and the biggest 1 3/4lb (weighed in the net). The trout were in great condition and gave a good account of themselves. The biggest weighed in at 2 1/2lb and provided me with a spectacular display of aerobatics.
All fish were caught on a variety of dries (emergers) with the fish willing to come up to them all day and well into the evening. A great day on a great beat.

7 Trout, 29 Grayling