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Came up to see an old friend for the last time. Moved a decent fish about 10lbs .

Overhead conditions perfect, river fishable height. But really struggled to locate the residents. Tried every technique and fly, but just couldn't work it out. The odd fish showing and a trickle of flies hatching most of the day. Water felt warm to the touch, but maybe that's just clutching at straws. Did manage 2 wbt 6"-8" and a 10" grayling. Wonderful to be out for the first time this year and that more than made up for the lack of catching.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Pleasant days fishing in bright hot conditions. Lovely stretch of water will fish again.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

A lovely day on a favourite stretch of water. I started with a french nymph rig and due to a breeze blowing directly upstream I switched to an up and across team of spiders with one of my own creations on the point. I fished the pocket water above the 'falls' at the head of Lady Alexanders run and took four fish immediately. I fished the same method all along that run from top to bottom and had a series of snatches but no fish. I switched to the french nymph again to take two fish in the same run. It was difficult to locate exactly where the fish were feeding in the water column but why spoil a day by getting technical! Fab day as usual thankyou W&U.

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

Great to be back. River not too high and running fairly clear. Weather over cast and even sunshine at end of day and found the water very warm. Lots of Dark Olives coming off and set up with GRHE on point & Jonathan Barnes emerager pattern on the dropper size 16. High sticking all the head of the steam and paid off with 4 Grayling & 2 Trout which I managed to land. Changed to Czech nymphing set up and fished further down and again hit into 3 more fish. Very happy to show off my small Trout.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

First time fishing at Abernant. Wye Valley as picturesque as ever, and a really interesting variety of water to fish. I arrived mid afternoon, and as inviting as Lady Alexander's looked, I resisted the temptation to jump straight in, decided to save it for later, and turned left to get to the bottom of the beat. It was tricky down there! The wading to reach much of the more promising looking water was a bit hairy (the staff saved me from a dunking on a couple of occasions), while the water on the inside was slow, shallow and clear. There were a few sporadic risers around however, and a cautious approach and a size 18 olive comparadun fooled two - one landed, ~11", and a really nice one snapped off on the hookset. Doh. Might have been my splashing around, but the rises went from sporadic to non-existent after an hour or so, so walked up to the top of the beat for a look at the rest of it. A black hot-collar ptn took three more small fish from the streamy section directly below where Aberedw flows in, with a few others missed/slipping off the barbless hook as they splashed around in the shallow riffles. As dusk fell, and after a quick bite admiring the view, I headed back down to Lady Alexandra's. There had been BWOs hatching on and off throughput the day, so I was hopeful for a bit of an evening rise. Not much evidence of that unfortunately, but I did spot what looked like some minnow/fry bashing going on in the shallows, so I tied on a small streamer for a last cast or two. Five or six 'last casts' later the line locked up. It wasn't a monster on the end, but in the semi-dark an amped-up 16" trout definitely got my heart pumping. An exhilarating end to really engaging day.

5 Trout

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

All caught on spiders and GRHE. Gold head hares ear on the point, purple and snipe and copper and partridge on dropped. Caught all along the beat 7 X WBT.

7 Trout