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Fish were not super active today, but pretty spot. Caught and released two.

2 Trout

After what feels like an endless dry summer, it was good to finally spend a few hours back on a River, thank you Edw. The river remains very low, although the water temperature was an encouraging 14°C, cool enough to fish with confidence.

Conditions demanded a tres cautious approach. The low, clear water meant every movement mattered, and I spent far more time creeping into position than actually casting.

A small but beautifully marked wild brown trout fell to a Hare’s Ear nymph, presented with a bow-and-arrow cast tight into the overhanging margins, and persistence finally paid off.

1 Trout

Recce to check the water temps are true, cool 16 degrees!!! Had a couple of casts for an hour or so. Only Chub seen?! Will be back

Water temp at 0930 was 14.5C - lower than I was expecting.
Fished until noon. Few small fish rising in pool at bottom of lower beat, and saw one small fish in pool below first waterfall.
None to the net however

Well what can I say, this beat was teaming with trout. Absolutely loved every minute of it. I ended up throwing the whole fly box at them to see what they would take. Took everything from nymphs, emergers, drys even large damsel nymphs, small streamers. If you’ve fished this you know exactly where I’ve got 90% of the fish.

9 Trout

Lovely small stream, healthy water and a beautifull environment. With a 7” 4wht fly rod this is an amazing fishery.
Compliments to The Fishing Passport en the Wye and Usk Foundation.

6 Trout

12 Trout

2 Trout

Fished all afternoon but didn’t see any fish. The highlight of the day was looking over a bridge to see a kingfisher looking up at me. It stayed there for about 10 seconds before flying off down river.

Caught on dry fly under the bridge. Approximately 1lb.
Very few fish seen on this beat. The water does not look healthy, with lots of that slimy olive green weed.
When we came to live in Herefordshire 50 years ago, you could walk along the river Teme and see thousands of trout darting under the banks. I was even able to catch them by hand. These days I see almost no fish in the Teme by Brampton Bryan and there is also that slimy weed similar to the Edw. As a lad, I could catch little trout in really small streams and brooks. These days I see nothing. What have we done to our environment? The tragedy is that those who remember what our rivers and streams used to be are becoming fewer and younger people are accepting the status quo as normality. It makes me angry, but the only way we can address the situation is to realise that there is a major problem.

I hope someone reads this. Please give me a call if you have anything to say. My next fly fishing exped will be Slovenia or Estonia, where the streams are still pristine.

1 Trout