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Even hotter,ish caught in the morning then it was very casual fishing in the afternoon waiting to go to the pub.
Forgot it was a bank holiday,so we were joined by 2 paddle boarders with partners and children in the far bank.

3 Trout

Nothing caught

Another nice day fishing this beat. Weather was wet at times but didnt stop insects coming off.

4 Trout

Lovely day on this beat. The wading is easy but slippy in places due to the build up detritus in shallow sections. Although trout were showing on the surface all over the beat and lots of insect life, we found they were taking emergers rather than duns. We caught parachute style flies in smaller sizes.

6 Trout

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

1 Trout

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time on this beat. 7”on Llanstephan gauge.
There are some lovely long glides, and back in the day when there were good salmon runs, some of the pools must have offered superb fly water and would have a joy to fish. All trout were small but two the grayling were sizable fish. I would say that it deserves a return visit, but my day was ruined by nasty fall. The high steep banks on the right bank near the top are extremely dangerous in places. Part of the bank collapsed while I was exiting resulting in a drop onto rocks and a serious shoulder injury.Which rather soured the day.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Started at 6:30am rod tip snapped by 10am ??‍ this is the hardest stretch I’ve fly fished on the wye so far

Whilst the river was nice and clear, the rocky bottom was covered in a horrible brown slime (biofilm I assume).
There was absolutely no vegetation in the submerged sections and with 3 people fishing, over 3 days, we never even saw a fish, let alone catch one!
What has happened to the wonderful River Wye? I have to say, after our experiences of the past few years, we probably won't be returning to this river, which is a real shame, because the area and the people are amazing... but it's pointless going on an annual fishing weekend, if there are no fish.