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30 x grayling 6-15 inches, 6 x trout 6-13 inches, heavy nymphs on long leader.

6 Trout, 30 Grayling

6 x grayling 6-15 inches, Tungsten Hare's Ear and Pink Shrimp

6 Grayling

The beat was booked for two anglers.
Angler 1 (Richard) caught one small Grayling (about 7 oz) before midday in a pool down-stream from the road bridge, on a dark bodied nymph with a olive throat hackle (not sure of the actual pattern). There were several other active fish in the pool (assumed also to be Grayling) but no more takes were forthcoming.
Angler 2 (David) caught two small trout in the deep pool (with the high banks occupied by sand martin birds), in the field above the road bridge. These were taken on gold head hares ear nymphs. Again these were very small fish of 5oz and 8 oz approx but in good condition.
Generally, there were only a few small fish rising on the river .
Fly-wise, a sparse hatch of Mayflies were seen during the day.
The river was quite low, which was not a surprise following the long dry spell that we have just experienced.
Enjoyment-wise, we both had a very enjoyable day in beautiful, peaceful surroundings, away from mobile phone contact.
It was a delight to meet the current tenants of the fishing lodge by the river: but a little sad to hear about the decline of the fishing and the general neglect of the stiles and bank-side bushes and trees over the years.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Nicely overcast but a bit of a cold wind blowing. 3 modest grayling and a few missed takes between us (NB FP- block booking shows as 1 angler). Not much bug life, only 1 fish seen rising. Good day in the river. Legges sausage roll and Dudfield fried egg sandwich, washed down with Henry Weston's vintage. A nice day on the river!

3 Grayling

Fished for 3 hours mostly down stream of the bridge. Conditions were warm, lots of midge type flies, a few occasional May flies. No fish were rising. Tried dry Tups no joy and then small red nymph which had two takes for small fish both of which slipped the hook. A shame this beat does not do half day permits. Last time I fished up stream of the bridge and had a record day. It seems to be a bit pricey to me

5 Grayling

A very bright and sunny day so not much in the way of action! The holiday cottage on the downstream side of the bridge was occupied so I only fished upstream. The pool by the undercut bank was occupied by some cows so I was unable to fish this section from which I had previously caught. The next fish-able section contained an otter so there was nothing seen in that location either. Pushing further up the river saw a couple of rising fish. Both fish spotted rising were deep under the tree cover making casting challenging. I was unable to see what they were rising to so tried a size 14 deer haired humped mayfly imitation and succeeded in landing a small (8-9 inch) WBT. I also manage to miss the second fish on the same pattern. A lovely day but the prevailing conditions were not really in my favour.

1 Trout

Thousands of May flies on the water but not a trout in site. I covered the full stretch and saw one fish rise the entire evening

An excellent day of guided fishing with Oliver Burch of Wye Valley Fly Fishing. My first attempt at river fly fishing so the advice and guidance was invaluable. River was 0.5m on the gauge and a good flow. Missed one fish from the pool by the holiday cottage. All fish were taken upstream of the bridge. All bar one trout fell to nymphs. The last trout was taken on a small dry may fly imitation late afternoon after observing some sporadic rise close to the far bank This also gave Oliver the chance to sort out my wayward casting! A great day in a fantastic location.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

1 Trout