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The Wye is low and clear …. Looking better than for the last couple of years. Boy was it cold …. Bonkers to have numb fingers after being soaked in sweat last week. There was a good hatch in progress when we arrived late morning…, olives , yellow May duns, mayflies and a smattering of what may be yellow mayflies …. Potamanthus luteus …. Although didn’t get close enough for positive ID. The fish were looking up initially but activity tailed off in to the afternoon as the temperature dropped . We had 10 tubby trout between us, the best 13” before the icebergs started to float past at 6 pm and we called it a day to retreat to the car to warm up. All fish on dries and safely returned .

10 Trout

evening for 2 hrs saw a few spasmodic rises , turned over 3 fish but no takers , nice evening though and on the other bank 2 very large Deer !!!

Fabulous fishing Rainbows and Wild Browns.

Slow inter. Line small hares ear/ partridge spiders with claret or copper

5 Trout

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 Trout

Only person fishing today on the whole of the res,
and not even a nibble, very disappointing day.

A toughie this afternoon on a mega low river ....Crystal clear too !!! Bowled up at the lovely Cammarch about half eleven and fished till half three .....
This time last year plenty of water in her, and careful fly presentation, and wading, and winkling out a dozen was fun ....Hard going today, but, i managed five to the net on dries ....Olive uprights on parade by one, along with a smaller sedge variety and i saw a couple of Brook duns too ....
The water clarity is staggering here ...glad I was using the six foot, one weight !!! Perfect on these skittish waters....
Lovely savage hits to my dries, in the rough water at the very head of pools, tight in to the bank too !!!
Solid smashes to the dry ...lovely...But, with the water so low, I think the decent trout are hunkered away !!!! Three days rain would be lovely.
I got out were the dust track from the chicken unit leads right to the river !!!!!!!
A huge area of chicken manure partly covered up in the field .... is that normal practice ?? Anyway, tis only 15o yards from the river ....surely run off enters the system from there ????
Anyway that's an NRW job not mine !!! ..... A great few hours on a shrunken Cammarch !!!
I think I'll tackle the Lugg and Arrow later in the week ... Both hold their water well . Looked like Mr.Heron was having a lean time of things , with the river so low and clear . Back here sooooooooooon, after a bit of rain, !!!!

5 Trout

Three very nice brown trout all between 12-15 inches. Two on an emerger, one of a pheasant tail nymph

3 Trout

1 Trout

27 Trout