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Nice days fishing. Pretty cool day, with intermittent light showers and very brief sunny intervals. The river was up slightly and there was some evidence of snow on the very tops still from earlier in the week. Fish were rising throughout the day with the odd rise here and there until the afternoon with a great hatch of olives. A few granom were still in evidence didn’t really see any hatching but there were a few coming back to egg lay through the day. Had a dozen trout between us to about 1.5lb.

There was snow on the hills around the Wye, and the air temperature was about 4 deg when we started at 9am. It was too cold for Grannom, but the LDOs started about 11am and continued off and on until we packed up at 4pm. Some of the biggest hatches I have seen. At times the water was covered in flies. Between us, we finished up with about 20 trout between 10" and 15", one OOS 14" grayling and some smaller fish, including a few 7" smolts. Most of the trout were 12"+. All mine were caught on a single dry fly casting to rising fish. A size 16 comparadun and parachute Adams did the damage. A really good day in the end. Fantastic spring dry fly fishing. The decision to try the Wye rather than the Usk paid off. The Upper Wye is often referred to as a grayling river, but the trout fishing was fantastic on this occasion.

Nil caught but lovely place and we'll definitely be back - snow didn't help!

Annual April trip this time with 15 yr old daughter who is very keen on this fine sport. River very low. Sunny morning yielded 6 brown trout all to dry fly (Adams 14 and 16). First fish, a fine 12" specimen, taken on about 7th cast of the morning directly in front of the lodge. Lost two others from same pool. 5 others 6-10" later on in the space of 20 mins during a brief hatch LWO/March Browns, right place right time! Afternoon very quiet so switched to PTN and had one trout 8" and one excellent fighting grayling 12".
Daughter tucked in on wet March Brown with two beatifully marked trout to 8", proud Dad and thrilled daughter. Happy Days. Will return with my mates in two weeks. Thankyou WUF for a slick booking service, information and advice. We camped at Trericket Mill for two nights and climbed Pen-y-Fan on Tuesday before returning home tired but very happy.

2 nice brownies caught. One on a streamer and the other one on an olive. Both fish were returned unharmed.

Weather took a quick dip on Saturday, the warm March sun had disappeared for a day and a cooling Northerly breeze reduced the air temp substantially on previous days. There were few granom about and although there were a few flying about at times there was no discernable hatch. Around 2pm there was a good hatch of 'March Browns' not sure if they were true March browns or not, the fish responded well and rose well for quite a while. Managed a dozen fish on a mixture of small pheasant tail and hares ear nymphs and a couple on emergers. Nothing of leviathan proportions, fish to just about a pound or so nice but challenging days fishing.

First rod two trout about 11 inches, two trout about 6 inches one small grayling and several salmon par all caught on goldhead hairs ear.
Second rod one grayling on nymph fished under a klink.

Cold until sun broke through around midday then intermittent hatches throughout the afternoon MB,Grannom and small olives. 4 to 12" on Elkhair and tiny goldhead. Saw many large grayling feeding on olives by the village.

Great day with AK from Ludlow. All in all 7 trout between 10 and 12 inches on a mixture of dries and nymphs. There was indeed a quick flurry of March Browns (Yes, it was the real thing) which the fish very quickly turned on to.

Another fantstic day, 14 trout to 16ins, 5 grayling to 12ins, all on the grannom. Grannom on the water at 9.30, fish rising from the start and still going when I left at 17.45. Need another visit soon, Thanks.