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Fishing 16th & 17th June, about twenty trout, largest 1 1/4 lb.

20 Trout

Late start, so missed any early fish. Bumped in to Simon from WUF, trying to take advantage of the cloudy conditions himself. Thank you for the time showing me some lies, rewarded him by losing a fish within 5 mins! Sorry.
Rewards for the day, 1 shad(the run), 2 trout.

VIRGIN TENKARA TIME, had a go, what a great way to fish, 1 1/2 hours in the rock pool from 15.00.
rewards 2 trout, 1 grayling, best trout at 3/4lb, will do better next time, will fish the late evening when Salmon not on top of list.

Thanks Steve at Sportfish for the the loan of Masu, didn't stamp on it with frustration!

3 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

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