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No fish caught.

A beautiful stretch of the river Wye, with seats all along which made for a very relaxing day, unfortunately no trout caught only two out of season grayling on the dry fly and then one fish lost, not sure if this was a trout or not.

2 Grayling

Had a pleasant few hours at Gromain, but yet again no Salmon. Caught 3 trout on a 2" Silver Rat tube fly, one in excess of 2 lbs (all returned). The river is getting quite low but at least the possible lies can be seen
There was a small hatch of Large Dark Olives with very few rises to them.
Still I enjoyed myself, and look forward to the next flood

River running clear, no sign of fly life. All trout taken on green nymphs .

3 Trout

Could not fish the main part of the lake due to nesting geese and swans, so fished a little pool just where the island starts. When the swans stopped nicking everything I put in, it turned into a good day. Friendly heifers so watch your kit LOL. I tried lots of things to start with but found the normal yellow corn and pellets work best and got me 4 carp through the day, all between 5-8lb, all caught on float with the bait about 1.25ft (the lake is really shallow here). The lake is really silty so end the day with a method feeder and a white chilli chocolate wafter floating about 2inches of the bottom, I put this as close to the beginning of the island as I could and within 5mins it was off. I had to play it hard because it was headed straight for the snags, and all was going well until it come off LOL. After winding in, I saw that the size 14 hook had been bent straight, so there are some nice fish in there and I will be back. Spent the rest of the day enjoying the lake and its surroundings but no more bites. All in all a nice place to fish.

4 Other

5 Trout

First outing of the year on the river. 5 wbt to goldhead ptn. A couple of tentative rises but not warranting a change to the dry.

5 Trout

None caught, only a couple of takes: grayling on bead head nymph. Weather almost perfect and conditions were good, although the river was still a little cloudy. Fish began to rise late morning following a reasonable hatch. Plenty of sign of otters (footprints) but unfortunately did not see one. Beautiful part of Herefordshire - will certainly return.

8 x trout 6-8 inches on Rusty Klinkhammer size 16. Plus one salmon smolt, all silvered up ready to go to sea...once there is a bit of water to wash it down. Quite difficult today with cold temperatures overnight and the river very low and clear.

8 Trout