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How often does it happen that you catch a decent fish in the first few casts and think that you are in for a good day!
Third cast, a nice 13 inch Lugg Grayling then had to wait another hour and a half before the next fish which was much smaller.
Ended the day with 3 Grayling, two being very small, all taken in faster water on a pink shrimp. I couldn't find the pods of fish. A big Otter seen fishing just below the top wier. A lovely clear, and crisp day on the Lugg, river clear but running quite fast.

3 Grayling

Well I thought I had chosen the venue well, cracking beat to look at! Fished nymph the few hours I was there to no success whatsoever. Huge amount of fly life on the water but nothing coming up at all even in the shallow pools. Total blank I'm afraid.

Pike fishing with dead-baits, 1 pike hooked and lost at the net, approx 8lbs and 2 runs dropped, maybe from the same fish. River condition clear, level good. Thank you Adam Fisher for our chat and it was good to meet you. Thanks also to WUF staff and the easy booking in system.

1 x grayling 13 inches, 7 x out of season trout 8-12 inches, leaded wet flies and bugs. We struggled to find the grayling I'm afraid, although what looked like post-spawning trout were very much in evidence. Nothing really wrong with the water or conditions. One coloured salmon showing.

1 Grayling

40 x grayling 10-15 inches, 6 x out of season trout 8-12 inches, long trotting. A dark, warm day, with the river now at close to ideal levels. It's funny, isn't it, how grayling of a particular size turn up on any given day. These were mostly smaller ones. Only a few weeks ago we were fishing the dry fly and remarking how many 16 inch grayling were on the beat. They all seemed to be that size. Not today.

40 Grayling

River had dropped considerably since our last visit a few weeks earlier, and was gin clear. My guru fishing partner caught one nice grayling around a pound and a half but it was tough going with no signs of any fish around whatsoever (apart from one leap from quite a large salmon in the shallows which caught us by surprise). Lovely day out on this great stretch of the upper Wye, thanks very much!

1 Grayling

Superb condition grayling with river in great trim.

1 Grayling

Pleasant day trotting maggots down this lovely stretch of river. No grayling but loads of brown trout. Stopped fishing just after lunch as wasn't happy catching so many out of season trout!

11 Trout

Late afternoon from middle of Leggs Meadow in 1 hour session, 6 Chub from around 2lb to a weighed 5lb 7oz fish with large, obvious scar on flank. Float fishing with pin and light terminal line as water very clear (at last!) and old bread and cheese pinched around hook. Fish in excellent condition and form. River in great form for this type of fishing and anticipate pike should be on move at dawn and dusk.

6 Chub

Just the 2 Chub today, both caught on bread flake. Fished nearly every swim but they just were not having it or I'm not very good. Still, better that being at Work!

2 Chub