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Total haul of 5 trout on mayfly and 4 grayling on black gnats. Trout to 13", grayling to 8".

Water v low. Windy and showery. No fly. 12 brown trout. All under 10 inches, very pretty.

A few hours between 11am and 3pm. Lots of rises, a number of takes, 0 landed! Lovely beat!

5 shad all about 2lb. All returned safely. Saw one salmon.

First cast 7.15am a barbel of 11lbs 8oz. First fish of the day ..........and the last! At least it was a personal best. There was evidence that the barbel were still spawning. So this result may not be indicative of the quality of this beat. We tried various swims along the beat with no response. I look forward to reading the catch results over the next few weeks. The swims that have been created in the upper part of the fishery are very comfortable with good access but the rest of the fishery is still largely inaccessible. I hope the good work of clearance will continue.

12 chub to over 5lbs.

Fished with a friend on another chilly June day that felt more like early April. 5 small wbt landed between us (I only had the one take all day).

The downstream wind made casting and line control rather tricky and the low air temperature coupled with gusty winds put the mockers on any kind of hatch. All fish were taken on nymphs.

A little water in the river which was great to see, about 1.5 feet up. Took a little fishing around to find the barbel, found them after lunch and we had 8 to about 8.5 pound and some chub all within a few hours. My cousin had his barbel rod snapped in two by a lean long 8 pounder! (he was not too upset as his PB went from about 4 pounds to 8.5). So that spelt the end of a lovely first day of the coarse season.

It was nice to be able to fish this beat in the Summer for coarse fish. Fished the Mill Pool but only managed 3 chub to 4lbs and missed a couple of bites, all on luncheon meat.

1 chub (3.5lb) and a minnow. 1st time on Wye, found it difficult to find good "fishy" looking spots (water levels very low), Paths marked on map from the hut had overgrown. Also did not want to upset landowners by trampling vegetation down to waters edge so ended up being rather static in a couple of spots. Still will learn more over next few months.