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Excellent day.

8 Trout

Slightly coloured 11 pounder caught on size 10 Cascade at Upper Planks about 6pm, where the flow was just about right in the streamy water, even if (at 10") it seemed a bit low for Bathing Pool and Lower Planks, etc

1 Salmon

River looked daunting to this usual small stream fisherman and I wasted the first hour of the evening (six til ten) attempting to wade across the top flats to some rising fish. Rest of the session was concentrated around tail of pools further down. Not a lot of fish rising and they almost stopped after a brief shower. Took one 12" grayling on a 14 gold head GRHE and one 10" trout on a rust Klinkhammer. Needs a whole day and I'll be giving that soon.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

9 Trout, 4 Grayling

Ty Newydd was very hard today. Fished 9-6 p.m. Water 19-20 degrees, and air as well, so a big air temperature drop thank God, but maybe the fish didn't approve of the drop in pressure (as much as I enjoyed the drop in temperature!)?

Pretty windy, downstream and intensifying throughout the day. Some midge off and on from around midday, intermittent sparse YMs and also sparse small olives / PWs. There were occasional rises but these all proved to be small 8-10" trout and grayling, bar one 13" trout. The bigger fish often seem to go AWOL here at this time of year under adverse conditions! Well, for me anyway. Fish taken mainly on HE and PW emergers but also a couple on Baby Sunfly. Also on small nymphs and a small Greenwell's Spider whilst fishing spiders. Didn't dredge the depths today but I suspect that it wouldn't have made too much difference. I just don't think they were on, with little incentive to get active. All fish were quite heavily parasitised with Argulus lice. Anticipation of a good day at TN is frequently indicated at arrival by the sight of fish rising above the house, up to and in the Erwood Pool, and then also some still rising when one leaves. I didn't see a single fish move there today!

Ho hum, there's always next time - it's a great beat where I've had some truly wonderful days in the past, but maybe it was not to be on the back of the hottest spell since 1976! Thankfully, at least it is now to get cooler.

9 Trout, 4 Grayling

2 salmon rods (PB, DW) and 1 trout rod (JB) – water falling slightly, down from 1’3” previous day to 1’2” on Llanstephan gauge. Given number of fish taken on this part of river latterly optimism was high – PB has yet to catch a Wye salmon – or any salmon on fly come to that. DW spent a good part of the day encouraging a half decent double spey cast from a lifelong trout fisherman – he deserved a fish for his efforts, but unfortunately none were forthcoming to either salmon rod save a 7” brownie to save PB’s blank. So as for JB with the trout rod – hay was most definitely made, with 13 grayling to 14” and 6 trout to 17 inches. Someone should have told the grayling they were a day premature! All taken on parachute ginger quills – best days trouting so far this year, many thanks. Now about those salmon…we will be back!

7 Trout, 13 Grayling

hot and sunny ,river dropping fast , covered some fish but no takers

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

The conditions seemed to be good all day with highish clear water but apart from some trout that took an interest in my shrimp pattern there was no action for me. Perhaps I should have stayed until dusk but it was a long journey back home

2 Trout

The real purpose of the day was to practice casting. Had a very enjoyable morning, much improving techniques. Had a good afternoon with a switch rod, catching lovely couple of brownies to finish the day. Rained from lunchtime onwards, water was high and not helped by very persistent rain for much of the afternoon. thoroughly enjoyable day,

2 Trout