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Beautiful weather. River very low. Fish were rising sporadically despite the abundance of insect life. They were also very spooky -- no more than one cast possible. Managed to rise a few, but did not hook any. Finally, an 8' rod was arguably too long for the tight conditions.

Beautiful day and location, but unfortunately no fish.

Caught 5 small brown trout on nymph only i take on dry fly.

Not one of my best days. River very low and conditions bright sun all day. Managed to winkle out 3 trout from under trees tight up against the bank. Not much rising all day suprisingly. One about a pound and two about 4oz.
Must remember not to pick half term week again. Kids at the bottom of the stretch and playing in the river in a pool half way up the stretch.

Little fly life, a few rises and only one trout (8") caught, not a great day.

Half a dozen small fish on a mixture of nymphs and klinkhammers. Late in the afternoon a fish of well over 2 lbs from the Salmon Pool on a size 14 olive klinkhammer.

I had a great afternoons sport and caught sixteen Brown Trout to 9" and one Grayling all on an Iron Blue.

First time I've fished this beat, but yet another classic Wye valley fishery. River very low, but with a tinge of colour from recent rain. Had to share beat unexpectedly with 3 anglers from Winchester, but all managed very amicably. Concentrated on Lady Alexanders Catch pool and managed to extract 8 trout and 7 grayling, spread throughout the length; none of any particular size, bar one grayling of around the pound mark. GRHE & Copper John most successful flies, with only one trout being taken on a dry fly. Will be back in autumn for the grayling!

River was low and a little coloured from the rain on Saturday. Lovely beat but you need to be a confident wader on this beat. Netted 3 WBT, 2 around 14" the other 6". Missed loads of takes and nibbles. Fished goldhead PTN #18 downstream through the gutters and pools. One fish taken on an olive klinkhammer #20. Good hatches of mayfly throught the day. Lots of midges too.

7 x Brown Trout up 2lbs (grey wulff, light cahill)
1 x out of season Grayling 2lbs (PTN)

A slow start at first but picked up significantly in the late afternoon, early evening. A healthy hatch of Mayfly from 5pm onwards with rising fish until dusk. Top part of the beat fished particularly well, not so good further downstream.