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River at 1ft 6" and whole beat was fishing. Conditions perfect. The 2 rods fishing during the day had landed one and lost 2. I could only get to river around 5.30 pm and settled in for a evenings fishing. Started on lower half as someone was fishing Rock pool. Nothing in Mill race, Rectory or Rectory pot, but in the run a hard fighting colouring 22lb hen ate the Bann in the middle of the pool and a silver 8.5lb cock came from a lie in amongst the boulders at the tail. In Glangwye I had a strong pull, rod up 2 thumps and off.
Went up to top and settled into the Rock pool, which had been fished hard all day. It was good: 9lb Salmon, 3lb chub, Shad, shad, and finishing with a 14lb salmon with my last cast down in the tail! A fitting conclusion to an exceptional evening.

4 Salmon, 2 Trout, 1 Chub, 2 Other

Two salmon caught today on Rectory beat on the fly. First, late morning. Second, early afternoon. Both fish in the low teens and very fresh. Both carefully returned. My first salmon caught on the Wye! Fantastic day.

2 Salmon

Good fish lost in Bridge Pool and one swirl 15min later. Water with some colour but cleared in pm, persistant rain and lack of stamina drove me off the river in early afternoon. Thank you.

5 Trout, 1 Chub

Two small trout caught on salmon flies. River a bit low. One salmon seen below Rectory Neck but not very responsive.
Excellent day.

2 Trout

Booked Rectory for 4 days. River low. Hot and humid. Forecast rain absent. Fished 3 hours Tue. Caught 4 chub to 4 lb on salmon fly, all returned. No salmon seen. Did not fish for rest of week.

4 Chub

Caught on a nymph in the rock pool. Water low. Access to pools downstream of the Rectory nigh on impossible with the bank severely overgrown with vegetation.

1 Trout

1 Trout

River at 1ft but still coloured. Fished the top of the beat and the Millstone and Rectory Neck early morning and late afternoon with a small shrimp pattern. One pull in the Rocks early morning but could have been a large trout. Beautiful stretch of water and will definitely return. The bedrock in the lower half of the beat is a tough wade.

Arrived at 10am, weather was overcast and warm followed by some sun before clouding over with a heavy shower or two. I fished Island Run and Rock Pool till 2pm. A lovely bit of river with quite easy wading upto about waist deep. There was very little surface activity to begin with but a fish topped just upstream of where I'd entered the water which I took on a mayfly dry on my second cast, a promising start! I then tied a gold head nymph New Zealand style to my CDC winged mayfly which I ran through Island Run taking fish on both flies but mostly to the nymph.
A few flies of various varieties could now be seen emerging but not in enough numbers to get the trout excited, although I did find a few fish rising between me and the near bank, I hooked one before it shook the hook free and spent quite a few minutes trying to tempt another which steadfastly refused all I threw at it! A very pleasant few hours, 10 trout and 2 Grayling all of a very good average size, except one small Grayling, biggest trout 15 inches, all released.

10 Trout, 2 Grayling

2 10" trout caught on black goldhead nymphs and a 4lb. chub below the bridge which led me a merry dance!
Conditions seemed perfect.
Several fish rising above the bridge but I couldn't tempt them, I'm a very inept dry fly angler. 4 Mayfly seen.

2 Trout, 1 Chub