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Very pleasant afternoon, river low and clear but still a decent flow. The tree cover is quite dense in places, but not enough to stop fishing in most places - today the cover was quite helpful in providing shade so the trout were less easily spooked. Landed 15 to 11" from all stretches of the river, all on para adams or light olive. What could be better?

15 Trout

Weather was not great with thunderstorm and constant rain throughout 5 hours with few dry spells and just my luck of the day. The stream was very over grown and few fallen trees. As I am new to the sport I found it very difficult casting in such over growth but never the less it was a great day and enjoyed it.
2 fish around 5 inches returned on Adams parachute. I may return one day with more experience behind me. I am interested in reading other comments from the experienced anglers on this same beat but very pleased with how I tackled this.

2 Trout

Two salmon parr taken on Adam's parachute. The Edw, as advised by Wye and Usk Foundation, was extremely low, but I found some fishable pools and plenty of willing fish in a short two-hour evening session. Only had the two but must have had at least a dozen lightening takes.

2 Other

Lovely evening. Quiet early on but plenty of rises to adams dry fly as dusk approached.

6 Trout

Plenty of small trout and some nice fish in the deeper holes. Caught some nice fish up to 11 inch.

15 Trout

All fish caught on weighted PTN fished on a French leader.
The fish were very spooky in the low clear water but were more than willing to take a nymph in the faster runs. Best fish a plump 12 incher the rest between 6 and 10 inches.
countless Salmon parr around who would grab anything that moved then wriggle of the hook.
Thanks to the visiting angler I met at the top of the beat who kindly gave me a lift back down to the car.

8 Trout

Warm day and river very low. Fished from 11:00 to 15:00 mainly on the lower stretch of the beat. Plenty of hatching fly including the odd Mayfly. Pair of Kingfishers seen. Fish caught on dry fly.

2 Trout

Only fished the upper part (2nd part) of the beat. Plenty of small trout to 9 inch.

12 Trout

Great day on the river with plenty of trout up to 12 inch. Most fish caught on the nymph.

25 Trout

Some might find this strange but I'm not sure I fully enjoyed the fishing today. A personal competitiveness took over and I began to focus on the numbers rather than enjoying the process. I caught 17 fish on the bottom part of the beat and then drove on to the top part for the last part of the afternoon and caught 11 more. A mixed bag of sizes and nothing above 12". All caught on either an Adams Parachute or a Mayfly pattern.

28 Trout