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A Siberian like day at Caradoc. Wind chill down to -11 making spinning for long periods impossible. The beauty of Caradoc being drivable was regular fresh brews in the shelter of the vehicle.
Still a stunning day and managed 3 trout and 2 well mended kelts. So many kelts in the river this year. No sign of fresh fish. River gone quiet for now.

3 Trout, 2 Other

A fairly short fishing sesssion today was more of an endurance test than a pleasure, in what must be coldest conditions we have ever fished in. One 3lb chub caught on pellet was a bonus in these conditions and more than I expected.

1 Chub

Unfortunately no fish caught on a bitterly cold day coupled with intermitant snow showers. Looks like a place to return to in the warmer months!

Weather was freezing and water a bit high (1' 4'' at Fownhope). Persevered with a fly but no response.

Blank in a cold day but I will definitely be back here.

No fish. very cold.

Cold, getting colder, but good to be out.

My brother and I ventured down to White House, though I was the only one to wet a line. River slighly up, not too coloured - strong NE wind, blowing upstream combined with the general temperature made for a cold few hours.
Given the temperatures, I decided not to go for the usual pellet approach and instead fished a smallish feeder with maggots. Had a bite a cast, but only managed to hook and land two dace. Speed of reaction was somewhat impaired by wrestling with the rather cumbersome gloves required to keep my hands warm!
My brother had departed about mid-day, after a sleep in the car - the prospect of sitting in the warm, watching the rugby seemed a much better alternative and I left about 1.30pm.
Despite the conditions it was really nice to be back out on the Wye again, watching the activity in the fields opposite and the Buzzards wheeling about up above. Bring on the summer!

2 Other

A very cold, steel grey skied day with a nasty chill wind made it a tad dour. The water had risen a couple of nights earlier from 11'' to 1' 4'' and it carried some coulour. The fly didn't do much and I tried a spinner for an hour and that did less. The beat notes are quite right about loosing the odd spinner in the Tree Corner pool :-)
All in all a good day,and some of the runs and pools here are tremendous fly water but in the end it was just too raw.

Beautiful stretch of river which showed potential for a future visit. However, this time the cold weather was against us. Sadly no fish but with the remains of a nice sized barbel left on the croy by an otter we will certainly be back in the summer.