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Too much sun, too hot, but great scenery. No fish felt or seen. No rises.

Was hoping the heavy showers the day before would have some effect on the river, but it was not to be. Very low and very hot. So, testing to say the least. Saw a few feeding, which covering was hard work and pretty fruitless until a grayling of about 1lb took my tungsten headed GRHE fished deep. Had another slightly smaller later in the day. Oh, and a trout, a full 2ins!

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

One ten inch brownie within the first few minutes followed quickly by a six inch grayling. Both caught on beaded PTNs. Thought I was in for a good day but hooked nothing else, other than another small grayling that escaped before I could bring it to hand. Water very clear and warm (18 degrees C), very few fish rising. Maybe try here again in the autumn.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 brown trout caught on nymph in the faster pocket water upstream. No fish seen rising.

1 Trout

2 Trout

The river was in perfect condition at 8" on the Ddol Farm guage. Warm, little wind, some sun and some cloud. Some small olives around until mid-morning and fish rising. Had trout and grayling on a small HE emerger - best trout about 14" and grayling 13". Then tried nymphs, duo and emergers until early afternoon but could tempt nothing more. Found some more rising fish sporadically from about 3pm until 7pm with two main pulses of rises. The HE emerger tempted further grayling to 15" (1.25lb) and trout, including a lovely fish of 16"(1.5lb). With no evening rise, the vision of a cool beer dictated I return home! A hard but rewarding day with ten trout and three grayling, all off the top. Lovely stuff!

10 Trout, 3 Grayling

Enjoyable day on a lovely stretch. Fished it last week in higher water with a little colour, which produced more fish. Harder this week in lower gin clear water. Had 5 trout to 1lb all on nymphs. Yet to see a repeat rise from a fish, even with a steady hatch of Sedges and various uprights. The wading is a nightmare but I'll be back for more.

5 Trout

Two very good grayling over 2lb on dry. Most fish on nymph, very little rising all day. Excellent day thank you.

9 Trout, 4 Grayling

Found the river carrying a little bit of water and colour. Very little rising but managed to tempt a few out on deep fished Nymphs. Lovely spot, as the upper Wye always is. All fish release.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fishing with floating lines and mix of dry and wet fly. River quite coloured after the previous days rain, so not much surface/visible activity. Brown trout caught and returned in good health. Seen approx 20lb salmon clearly spent but still alive, just holding ground against the flow. Several good hatches during the day usually between the showers.

1 Trout