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Bright warm and breezy day one rainbow trout caught on a sinking line with a muddler.

1 Trout

All trout were caught on a small trout spinner on light gear with average size around 8 inches. Good sport for my 9 yr old son. river gentle flow, gloriously sunny...with some big fish teasing us all day jumping near us but not interested in the spinner.
A great day! All fish safely returned.

6 Trout

Our first time on the Wye, so we wasted a fair bit of time fishing swims that looked fishy but weren't. Eventually we found where the fish were and were happy with the results. River was lowish but with a little colour - downstream wind a bit of a nuisance. Barbel came to meat or pellet (around 7 lb each). Lovely spot and will certainly try this stretch again.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

River still very low and now with a green algee colour in the water. Angler 1 hooked 3 barbel but only 2 landed and angler 2 had 1 chub.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

One rainbow trout about 1.5lbs caught on spinner.

1 Trout

Heavy Showers and river rising fast. 8 Brown Trout to 11", 1 Grayling 10".

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished from 8 - 3 p.m. As expected, no fly and no rises, and the river low at 1.01 m on the EA guage, so I checked out some of the streamier water and decided to see how the fish responded to spiders. Had ten grayling and four trout either on a GRHE and partridge spider, or on a furnace red tag on the middle dropper. Only salmon parr on various nymphs on the point. Had another lady on a HE emerger. Most grayling 8-10" but also two bigger fish of 15". No trout over 10". Water level, wind and sunshine considered, quite a pleasing result on the day.

4 Trout, 11 Grayling

Fish taking something sub surface, but nothing I had in my box. Wind was quite strong making dry fly and upstream nymph difficult. More excuses!
40 plus goosanders didn't help!

9lb 2oz Barbel caught on the lower beat in the large swim by the tree in the open field. Caught on 10mm halibut pellet wrapped in halibut paste, cast halfway out to the weed bed with 4, 6 and 10mm halibut pellets catapulted in the area. Hard days fishing as the river was so low and it was so bright but a magnificent fish caught. Happy days.

1 Barbel

Three small fish taken on different flies during evening session, first field above bridge - bibio, blue partridge and black gnat. Best fish just over 6 inches. 7ft wt3 rod and line, 6ft leader with 3lb tippet. No droppers.
Water very low and clear. Access to bank above bridge difficult due to barbed wire fence but beautiful spot, well worth the effort and day ticket price. Parking not ideal but road not exactly busy.
Online booking worked really well for my circumstances, short business trip. First time fished in Wales, hopefully not the last. Many thanks.

3 Trout