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No salmon for me today..

Taken mostly from the shallow waters under the bridge using dry fly midge.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

River still a little high, no fish. Tomorrow`s the day....

Light rain, 14c, brightened later. 2 trout to 3/4lb caught and released on Gravel beat. Nymphing with gold beaded Pheasant Tail. Failed to connect with several more. A few Mayflies and 2 salmon spotted. Easy parking and access.
First time to this lovely, big river. Foundation info clear and accurate.

2 Trout

Fished hard all morning without a glimpse of a fish, water atill merky after yesterday's rain. As the sun got stronger I was rather distracted by the Mayfly hatch which produced a series of good fish, the best of which was about 1lb 4oz. At 4.30 a fresh fish estimated at 15lb showed at the bottom of the Rectory pool, and then several others showed over the next hour, had one adrenalin rush when a trout took me as the fly swung over a position where an 8lb fresh fish had shown seconds before.

7 Trout

Lovely if eventful day on this pearl of the Upper Wye - a personal favourite with excellent variety of fishing, beautiful scenery and a useful bend which means you can easily cover the beat twice in a day whilst keeping in touch with fishing companions - lovely meadows and beach to take in a scenic picnic.
Started out with the big salmon rod on the upper sections of the beat in fair but mixed weather. No salmon seen or connected with. Managed to impale myself on barb of salmon fly on tip of index finger which refused to budge so resolutely decided to fish on, with fly still in there, swapping the fifteen footer for a more malleable ten footer. Fished through the Mill race and pool with some hope but other than a small trout nothing to report. Managed to lose footing whilst covering the very fishy neck of the Mill pool and ended up in the drink, head under, water in waders and losing my hat in the process. If anyone is concerned by the sight of a brown felt hat floating downstream it's owner is alive and well.
Visit to Brecon hospital that evening to remove impaled Cascade. Freezing liquid, laughing gas then finally an injection applied by excellent good humoured medical staff to get finger numb enough for fly to to be yanked out whilst my wife and daughters looked on thinking how brave I was ! Personally felt like a combination of Mr Bean and Frank Spencer so perhaps natural justice that resident fish so untroubled by my efforts that day.

1 Trout

Fish caught on daddy long legs just under the surface half way down the gravel stream about 4pm. Wild brown trout about ten inches long. Beautiful stretch of river - can't wait to come back. Thank you.

1 Trout

Water running away a bit now but this beat has produced for me at this height before. Tried all the likely spots for this amount of water but could only find shad and trout.

3 Trout, 2 Other

Found the river still coloured but pressed on with the fly, One lost in the bridge pool on 1" tube and another pull in the same area. River dropping in the morning only to rise again through the afternoon. One nice brown taken due to being badly hooked. A lot of fish seen running through all day , some big!! Looking forward to next visit in clear conditions.

1 Trout

Beaten by the elements today, very heavy rain all night and all morning meant I didn't start fishing till 11:30am. I hooked and lost a fish soon after starting then took a 12 inch brownie from Tail of Rock Pool. The rain stopped and the sun came out and things were idyllic for a few minutes until a very strong downstream wind got up, why is it always downstream?? Casting upstream was virtually impossible so I decided to find somewhere calmer. I had a few casts right at the head of the beat on my way back to the car and had a cracking take on a dry fly but missed it!
Had a look at the downstream beats and even a small hatch of Yellow May Duns (or Yellow Mayfly?) didn't bring the trout up, took a look off the bridge at about 3pm and was surprised to see how coloured the water had become after the rain and decided to call it a day.

1 Trout