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I haven't fished the Wye before but understand the water was low for the time of year, I spent most of the day on the upper pools of the beat fishing the fly for salmon but there was no sign of any fish. There was however an incredible hatch of fly off the river and plenty of canoeist!

I thought the information sent through by the Wye & Usk foundation was very useful, informative and well put together and I would like to thank Seth Johnson-Marshall for his help and advice in booking the fishing - if you can just organise a fish for me next time I would be most grateful!

Just to say that I had a nice day on the river on Saturday 11 April. I caught 2 trout one a baby and one of about 12 inches. Big hatch of Grannom or some other popular Wye fly but I did not see many fish moving at all - caught both on nymphs. Red letter event, caught a fish on a fly that I tied myself - a world first. PTN if you must know, the other fell to a commercial hares ear.

Spent most of the day giving a novice friend the dubious benefit of my vast experience. Despite this he managed to catch two Penpont Porkers at around the 2LB mark. The first was caught at the bottom of the beat adjacent to the campsite, despite kids throwing stones in the water, the second caught at the end of the day in the fast water below the bridge. No surface activity.

In my experience at Penpont it?s a case of quality not quantity.

We arrived at 11am to a few rising fish and a lamb in need of some assistance. The lamb managed to get itself entangle under tree roots at the edge of the river. I untangled and set free the lamb proceeded to run around me thinking I was its mother... then ran off to find its real mother butting her for milk. My good deed for the day was rewarded with a trout that got away and 2 10inch greyling that were returned. All were caught, or nearly caught, on a dry march brown.

Great day, great beat and thanks again to WUF.

A rather cold start to the day with very little showing - only one small trout by lunchtime. The sun and the grannom appeared in the afternoon and, even with my limited skill, I was able to take a fish feeding on the surface - a real beauty of almost two pounds in lovely condition. Things quietened down as the day wore on, but persistence into the evening was rewarded by a trout of around 17 inches (going from how much room it took up in the net!). This fish was slim and in rather poor condition, so I hope someone is lucky enough to catch it again when it has had the chance to feed up a bit.

We stayed at a cottage called Hafod-y-blodau which is on the same estate as Cefnllysgwynne. It is a really delightful place to stay with spectacular views over the Irfon valley. If you're feeling fit you can even walk to the beat, but the climb back up might be a bit much after a day's fishing!

One Trout at 8ins and one Grayling at 12ins, both caught on a dry from same pool. Great day out, Thanks.

Kev targeted trout and caught 12 grayling and one trout and lost as many again on barbless hooks.

Optimistically, I took the big rod out and caught 4 trout and lost 3 others. Next week we'll try harder to get the intended species.

Grannom and olives abundant all day but few fish rising.

2 fish caught & returned, PTN & Klinkhammer. 1 fish 12", the other 9". Great hatch all day with rising fish. Thanks for a great day.

Overcast and drizzle all day, cool southerly breeze. A few sedges and olives to be seen buzzing about. Caught a solitary trout from mid-way up the 'gutter' stretch of about 1.5 pounds - fell to a weighted flashback pheasant tail. Very few fish seen feeding. Lovely water though, warrants a repeat trip once things have warmed up.

Usk looking dodgy again, so spent the morning on the lure-casting line at Cantref. 3 rainbows including great big pig-like one which came to the net in about 30 seconds. Method of the day seemed be Cats Whisker Booby tethered with 24 inch leader to fast-sink line. At least that's what I did; I figured if you are going to turn to the Dark Side, you might as well do it properly.