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Heavy rain and very high coloured water made fishing difficult, caught one brownie of about 1/2 a pound. Very good service from the Foundation.

A difficult days fishing. Wind and drizzling rain making it only worse. Saw very little surface activity and trundling nymphs, (weighted and unweighted) along likely looking runs produced nothing, often to some surprise.

Conditions looked possible so I went in hope rather than expectation. A 5lb cock fish on the fly was a surprise but a pleasing reward for optimism.
Add to that; a couple of shad which I thought were Salmon takes, (I hadn't realised Shad ran so far up the river),a mid afternoon pair of decent trout and two OOS Grayling on nymphs. All made a fascinating day of 4 species.

1st rod - 3 small brown trout and 1 grayling.
2nd rod - 1 x 1 3/4lb brown trout and a 2 1/2/lbs trout - stunning fish. All returned.

Successful flies were small olive emrgers, olive pheasant tail (shuttlecock), and tungsten beaded GRHE.

Possibly one of my favourite stretches of water.

4 trout to 12 inches caught on various mayfly patterns.

Salmon moving showing throught the day but no takes
1 shad from triangles - nice to see this species still in Wye.

Plenty of trout rising at patches. No salmon taken. Canoes became a problem between 12:30 and 2 but enjoyed a lovely morning in perfect surroundings. With a bit more water this beat has some great pools and holding lies! The owner is extremely helpful also.

2 brown trout caught on hairs ear nymph and pheasant tail nymph. One about 5 inches and the other 10inches. Great beat fantastic location.

Due to traffic didnt arrive til mid afternoon what a lovely beat. River up .3metre with light colour. Took 1st brownie on parachute grey duster only 10" but fin perfect. We found it tough fishing very few flies on water due to very strong wind, small hatch disappeared when colder water from heavy morning showers arrived late pm water colouring noticably by 8pm. Total for 2 rods 5 trout 6-11in. Must try again with hopefully better hatch.

Spent a pleasant couple of hours on this little brook, where agility and being of small stature are a great help. Lots of short runs and pools separated by fallen branches and debris. Had great fun, took 6 BT between 4" and 6" all on a Cahill. As the guide says mind the tree roots and some of the pools are deceptively deep. Quite a variety of fly life including some mayflies - certainly a place to come back to for a few hours.