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2 Trout 1 2 lbs 1 2.5 lbs

2 Trout

No fish rising but managed a good sized grayling and a couple of out of season WBT. Very pleasant in the morning, clouding over in the pm.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Hard day with only 1 bite resulting in a hook pull. Conditions not great with water low and clear. My first blank on the Wye and a bit disappointing.

River was as low as I've seen it this season with very little flow. It was overcast and cool with a light north-easterly all day, and we struggled for fish - as did the five or six anglers on the opposite bank(!)
We ended up with just 3 barbel.
This is the fourth time we've fished this stretch this season, with diminishing results. We've not fished at week-ends but even so, each time we've been, there have been several anglers fishing the opposite bank. I believe the angling pressure from the far bank is beginning to tell on the fishing and I don't think we'll fish here again.

Ray Oakley landed a 15lb cock fish again on a home tied Ray Special

1 Salmon

As always I phoned up Woody from Woody's Angling shop in Hereford before I came up just to check on river conditions and what methods he'd recommend (he runs the Hereford Angling Association which owns quite a bit of fishing on the Wye so he always knows what's working). He told me that the river was running clear and low and suggested maggot and block end feeder would be my best bet. Unfortunately I'd just been down to my local tackle shop in South London and bought a load of ground bait, pellet and a few more cage feeders - so this was filed for future use and I went back down and got several pints of maggots as I was planning to start fishing before Woody opened.
As it turned out I got a late start and went by the shop in Hereford anyway - I took my smartphone with me and got a close up image of this section of the river on Google Maps (satellite) then got him to show me the best swims to fish.
So I started in the top field above the rapids - just down from the first groyne of stones there's a big dead tree and about 40 yds down stream from this is a pool. I fished there for the morning and had a couple of Barbel, then in the afternoon I went up to the top and fished the furthermost swim with the steep bank. I had another Barbel here and luckily I'd also bought myself a decent landing net with a very long handle whilst getting fishing information that morning, otherwise I'm not quite sure if I'd have got it out. I had a few dace after this but that was the end of the Barbel for the day.

3 Barbel, 4 Other

Saw quite a few salmon moving through, but failed to connect with any.

First visit on upper Wye, hard to find the place where the grayling are posted. Fly fishing with dry flies (not the best) and nymph. Wind at the end of the morning.

5 Trout, 6 Grayling

Starting with some rain in the morning, fising nymphs in the lower half of the beat without luck all morning and early afternoon. Finaly hooked 2 beautiful grayling over a pound about 5pm on a olive klinkhammer. Great days fishing.

2 Grayling

Landed an 18lb cock fish from the Dog Hole. Lost another from the V, caught on a Bann Special.
Canoe traffic very light today (only saw one), but lots of detached weed coming down the river today which was a nuisance. Really enjoyable few days on the Wye. Thank you!

1 Salmon