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Just an hours late afternoon jaunt. Lots of mayfly duns and spinners. Mayfly buzz on point doing the trick.

Fish between 8 & 14" in fine fettle. Rose many, caught 4. The 14" fish moved a long way cross-downstream from its lair to smash the dry and bolt back. Maybe 2 meters or so! clearly enjoying the feast.

4 Trout

Nothing caught.

Only able to fish for a very short time - glorious day, river low, a few yellow duns and mayflies coming off, very few trout showing.

No Salmon caught. 6 x large Shad hooked on spinner.
Found it difficult to get a fly in the water due to the constant flow of canoeists passing by. Then to make things worse, one capsized right in front me and waded right back up the fly run at wyebank thinking the whole thing was a laugh.
I said something to him that made him get out my swim promptly.(I spoke to the Beat Owner Don at the river and he asked me to report this to the Wye and Usk Foundation and the EA). Our day was pretty well spoiled after a 200 mile round trip. I will only fish the Usk in the future.

WUF Note: Wye fisheries from Hay downstream to Monmouth can be subject to heavy canoe traffic at this time of year, especially at weekends. Our advice is to fish early and late in the day or if this isn't practical, book a beat that is outside a right of navigation.

Another masterclass from J, where he varied tactics from nymphs and wet flies to Klinkhammers and netted 8 to 1.6lb, nothing under 6oz while I persevered unsuccessfully on dry wulff and yellow dun with 2 fish lost on quite a sparse rise throughout evening.
Water .53m and clear so too low and slow for Salmon. One fish of around 10lb which looked fresh showed twice in the deep water at the Chine between 9 and 9.30pm.

8 Trout

Fish were rising intermittently but would not take the Fly an enjoyable day none the less.

Water level was low and very few fish rising, no interest on the dry fly at all, fish were caught on Holographic Diawl Bach and GHHE, but sill a lovely day.

11 Trout

Fished the evening from 16.00 til 21.30. No fish but did see several salmon, particularly at Triangles pool.

Sunny warm day and river in perfect condition. Started on dry flies and rose 3 fish straight away. Stealth tactics required and low to the water approach needed before the fish scatter. Enjoyed the day and the Monnow Valley stunning at this time of year.

3 Trout

1 trout caught on mayfly, about 12ozs. River looked very healthy, good flow. Fishing was hard though, with no other takes, either on dry or nymph.

1 Trout