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4lbs very thin Grilse. Clean but hardly a Wye specimen.

1 Salmon

Nothing caught. An interesting observation though whilst fishing cadora rocks. On a flat rock was a complete salmon skeleton, jawbone and complete salmon skin. No idea what would feast on a salmon and leave the bones and skin. Otter perhaps?

Coloured 5lb grilse on a Cascade.

1 Salmon

Blank, I'm afraid. First time on Cadora Backs for me, although I live not far away. This is a most beautiful part of the valley. A warm, rather dark day, with intermittent showers. Conditions should have been perfect. Wading is difficult here, so it's mostly casting from cribs or perched on rocks. It was interesting as the high tide began to affect Cadora Pool, to see how every resident fish in the river began to show for a while. There are plenty of fish of different sizes in the beat, although the ones I saw were coloured. One small salmon seen with a bad case of UDN.

8 lbs fly from Cadora Backs this am. Also 2 fish not recorded for May from Redbrook bringing total to 8 for this water.

1 Salmon

We saw maybe 4 or 5 salmon jump. It was baking hot and sun on river all day. We used flies and spun with lures as well (Flying Cs and Tobys) but never felt like we would catch. The most likely stretch felt like it was the pool leading into Cadora Rocks but again not even a touch.
The water was relatively clear but a little silty.

Fished from 5am. Water the clearest I have seen this year for this beat so fished fly for most of day. Besides one fish showing at rock above the top crib nothing to report. The water colour looked a bit murky in afternoon as temperatures reached uncomfortable levels, both for me and probably the salmon as well.

11lbs slightly stale fish taken spinning. A few new arrivals off the very high tides but no great run of Grilse as yet.

1 Salmon

Very small grilse - about 4lbs, taken spinning. Water still affected by algae but clearing slowly.

1 Salmon

At last some visibility in water. Able to fish fly in runs at bottom of beat. Spun the rest. Nearest to seeing fish was part remains of tail and bone.