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Some very tricky fishing to say the least. Best taking the smallest possible rod you have. I lost what seemed to be a very big fish that took me a little by surprise, so I'd recommend going up slightly up on tippet diameter here plus you can bring the fish in quicker in hotter weather.

Beautiful spot!

2 Trout

1 Trout

This upper-mid beat is my preferred place on this section of the river with the Wye at its majestic best and have fished it several times in the last decade for both salmon and trout. Because it snakes round on itself it also offers lots of fishing with minimal walking and particularly good for a group of friends with space to spread out a little but also easy to gather and socialise. There were two other trout anglers on the beat that day but we divvyed up areas s and didn't notice them.
Maintenance of the beat is top notch with strimmed bankside areas and a fabulous hut overlooking the main Mill pool - fully equipped with a picturesque hammock, BBQ plus sofas inside.

Conditions on the day for us were very sunny but quite a full river, a bit of colour and we had high hopes for a salmon. One WBT of about 1 lb caught by way of salmon bycatch in the side tail of the lower Mill stream otherwise nothing touched or seen but felt fishy everywhere, though am sure more experienced salmon anglers would have had one.
We were joined on the day by local guide Richard Bancroft (Justfishing.co.uk) who patiently and expertly helped us be safe and tune up our roll casts and double-spey for our planned assault on Wyesham the following day. We concentrated our efforts on the Mill stream and the Rock and Island pools at the top of the beat though the latter was perhaps a little tricky to safely wade in the high water. Shad hooked on a speculative spinner in Rock pool just before we called it a day.
Wading stick essential on this beat , I have almost drowned on a previous occasion attempting to cross the neck off the Rectory and this time my friend and I both had buoyancy aids which made us feel safer.
As it was a sunny day we took refreshments in the form of a brace of well kept Butty Bach's at teatime from the Bridge End pub, nice landlord and entertaining locals.
Managed to lose a black midsize-extendable landing net somewhere .....so if anybody finds please leave in hut.

Water too coloured
Gave it 2 goes thru the rock pool tho

Had two on the line but unfortunately was not able to net them. Numerous bites but only managed to catch one.

1 Trout

River high with strong Westerly wind but late caddies hatch created a late evening rise.

2 Trout

Large 25lb plus salmon seen moving up. 2 fresh looking jumping fish. Nothing caught. Nice to be out.

2 12 inch brown trout on a sedge dry fly.

2 Trout

All four fish were very small. Could not find the bigger ones.

4 Trout

Windy and quite cold- blanked