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Strong wind from the wrong direction and very low water.
The first cast produced a small trout which I thought auspicious!! However it took until 4pm to find more and I only managed 4 fish none bigger than 8" all to Olives. Mayfly about but very little sign of rising fish

Troublesome wind, not much fly, not many rising fish. Two trout, 8" and 10". Also a dace. I parked by the river, about 100 heifers licked my car. Had to move.

Nil Return. I saw no more than half a dozen rises all day!

Today this beat was very easy to wade, quite a contrast from my last visit when the Wye was in full flow!

Cloudy, blustery day. Given the amount and variety of fly life hatching off - olives, grannom, sherry spinners, Mayfly (several varieties), it was surprising there were very few fish rising. So another day nymphing.

First cast yielded a 3lb out of season chub. Like pulling a welly boot out on a 4wt rod! A few minutes later a pristine 12" shad was caught and safely returned. I think this is the prettiest river fish I have seen, even surpassing a grayling for beauty. Normal service then resumed with around 15 wbt shared between 2 rods. Most in the 5"-7" class, the best around 10". Weighted olive nymph best performing fly.

Cracking day on a really top beat.

River level low. Weather dry, cool and windy. Catch 1 Brown Trout c. 12" and 1 Salmon parr both safely returned.
Both fish taken on small nymphs 1 x Pheasant tail, 1 x GRHE.

A steady hatch of fly during afternoon including some mayfly. A few fish seen surface feeding.

Dippers seen on both lower & upper stretches of the beat. Otter spraint noted near bottom of beat.

A few hours fishing in the morning. Very strong winds but it challenging fishing, although there were a few fishing rising in the shelter under some trees. Nothing caught.

Sunny, cloudy, breezy. Rising fish few and far between, then mostly in sheltered, shady spots. 6 fish for the day to 10 inches,(w.b.t.), then at 5.30, casting to rising fish on far bank, hooked a better fish on sz. 18 nymph. leapt clear like a sea trout 3 times and eventually weighed in at 2.75 lbs. Lovely condition and safely returned after one for the album.

No catches but lost at least 5 fish, one of which was 1lb plus.

4 x BT returned. 4 hours fishing. Couple of hours around lunch time couple of hours in the evening. Lots of may fly but fish not really rising. 2 x on may fly spinners and 2 x on emergers.

Lovely beat.

A lot of mayfly but only sporadic rising. My regulation quota of 2 trout caught - one day I will catch 3.