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2 Trout

A nice warm day with a good enough throughput of water considering the dry week we've had for some not-too-serious trout fishing. Took a number of small fish and one decent sized grayling (0.5 lbs) although after years of fishing WUF, it has only just occurred to me that other people might be including these tiddlers in their catch returns (as I have done here) so perhaps I shouldn't feel so bad about not coming away from the Wye with monster fish to report as yet.!

Over lunch, I got chatting to someone in the pub who told me he used to fish 'after dark' on this stretch about 30 years ago and revelled in recalling a bag of 6 large Salmon he'd taken on a gaff (?), which he sold later on to a Cardiff restaurant. This only reinforces the importance of organisations like the WUF and their work to protect our river wildlife.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Another hot day, fished deep inside line upstream. More luck with 3 barbel and chub

3 Barbel, 3 Chub

We catch 1 eel also.

15 Barbel, 12 Chub, 1 Pike, 1 Other

Mixed day but enjoyable as ever. Mid size grayling came to soft hackle dries and small sedge.

7 Grayling, 1 Other

great beautiful day!!!!!

2 Grayling

had an eventfull day fishing the river today, i fished with mostly dries but caught a couppple on small nymphs to, ity was rather dificult casting due to the fact that i broke my rod tip while striking the first trout of the day and hitting a branch above me

5 Trout

Beautiful day on this lovely beat introducing my 10 year old son to river fly fishing.Lovely welcome from the owner at Penpont who showed us where to park and how to access the river. Lots and lots of moving fish but couldn't find the dry to tempt them - we literally were casting onto their heads at times. Switched to a single size 16 hare's ear on an indicator and got some takes. My son hooked and lost a very good fish using this method. Tough beat but a lovely day followed by dinner at The Griffin at Felin Fach which more than made up for our blank!

A pretty quiet day all in all, a couple of trout landed and some parr and small fish lost. One or two sightings of salmon but nothing hooked.

2 Trout

1ft 1 inch on the gauge, running clear, but no catch. Before the sun got on the water, a fish hooked in the Rectory Neck on a size 10 Bann Shrimp. It backed steadily down into Rectory shaking its head until eventually the hook pulled. Another test of character.