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No fish caught, raised or seen. No hatch - only 2 flies seen all day. Perhaps, due to the recent snow and continuing easterlies, river conditions are more like mid March than mid April.
Please note that the directions for the lower beat could be improved because the hedge alongside the bridge is impassable, I suggest you insert between ...water treatment works and access the river "cross the bridge and walk 250 yards down the road to enter the field by the gate, then walk back on the other side of the hedge" to access the river etc.

Fly fished with long tail tosh for one hour in bottom pool in the hope of a fish dropping in there after the slight rise and drop of water. Had two good takes and failed to hook and possibly a third. I'm pretty sure they were salmon. Saw a cracking fish break the surface in the run far side which must have been a twenty and heard another above me which I failed to see. Lovely conditions and the slight rise of 2" brought no colour with it so it can disappear between here and the Ithon!

1 kelt from tail end of Ty-mawr pool

1 Other

Got down for first light and all quiet. First fish seen porpoising around 13:30 in the Vanstone. Couple of touches from the Corner Tree, Vanstone and Gabions. RC had 2 pike around 8lbs and a very well mended kelt between Corner Tree and Vanstone. BB...blank. Stayed till dark. Mention must go to WUF for the superb job they have done improving access to the left bank from the Wires upwards.

On his first visit to the Carrots fishery r.s from Coventry managed a superb fresh hen fish weighing 23.8 pounds, taken at around 8.30 am the fish was caught on a black and yellow flying C. Whilst fishing (until around 1pm) we saw 3 very large fish show. Well done Rich!!!

1 Salmon

More or less first cast and a 32'' fresh cock spinning in first pool above top island. Nice beat with 2 distinct halves - nice fly water in bottom half and deeper spinning water in top half. Early evening had a great pull on the fly nearing the bottom of the beat. Stayed connected for all of 5 seconds so still waiting for my first Wye salmon on the fly!

1 Salmon

Weather better (warmish drizzle) 0.7m on gauge. Fished Rock with 15 footer no sign of salmon. Moderate hatch of LDOs for 1 hour at 1pm. Still only a few trout rising. Caught one 1/2 pounder on an olive nymph (safely returned}Just a couple of grannom seen at 3pm. Lovely to be out after feeling stir crazy for the last month!

1 Trout

Good hatch 12.30pm - 2pm of mixed Olives & March Browns. Minimal rise. Nil caught. Water still v cold.

A few hours spent spinning for salmon. 1 well mended kelt caught early in the day and lost a nice fish on the Ferry pool.

1 Other

Fished heads of pools with beadhead nymphs size 16. Not a sign of a rise all day, only the odd Olives trickling off. Managed 2 of 12 inches and one of 8 inches. Sport is still very slow.

3 Trout