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A few fish not previously recorded to you for 2024: 25th May 7lbs, 22nd June 7.5lbs, 12th October 10.5lbs. Brings our total to four fish including 23rd April fish already registered. All on fly.
I might add that none were caught by me and plan to be less generous with advice next season.

1 Salmon

3 Trout

16lbs cock fish this morning. #8 Bann Special

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

A friend (MC) fished my rod on Saturday resulting in a nicely conditioned fish of about 12 lbs caught on fly.

1 Salmon

River looked good after recent rain. Sadly the fishing didn’t reflect this. Two WBT on nymphs from bottom of beat but only fished for 3 hours in afternoon. Met a non fishing member of syndicate that fishes the beat who told me of the fine fishing to be had in former years ( a familiar tale). Sad to note much litter at a couple of spots on the beat including bottles, cans and throw away bbq!

2 Trout

Tried to access upper part of beat without success. Got about as far as sheepcote before bankside became impassable. Possibly it is accessible via road? So spent a pleasant few evening hours fishing island stream which is easily fish able in low water. Caught 3 trout, 1 on a dry, 1 on spiders and another on nymph. Clouds of insect life above river. Fish rising but picky. Lots of holidaymakers in river at Boatside. Will have to come back to try and find a way to the top of the beat!

3 Trout

Just fished in the morning, all caught on the nymph under a klink. One trout just a few inches, other and the grayling around 1/2 lb

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Bottom of the beat again for the afternoon, 2 small grayling and one around a pound. Trout around 3/4 pound on the klink.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Only fished for a couple of hours late afternoon, grayling all 6-8 inches on nymphs

3 Grayling, 2 Other

Fished the bottom of the beat, all on dink nymphs, 3 salmon parr. Working my way to the fallen tree faster water searching for trout when a canoe came down. Nice. They claimed that the guide book said this was a good stretch to use. Nothing after that...
FP Note: This canoeist is like the poacher who claims the farmer gave him permission to fish. We are sorry to hear of this transgression of the upper Wye access arrangements. These were established to minimise the number of trespass incidents. By and large they do but there will always be a small percentage of canoeists who either don't read the large print, believe they can go where they like when they like, or quite enjoy a dust-up with a few anglers. Fortunately though, this is a small minority of paddlers. More information for anglers on canoeing can be found here: https://www.fishingpassport.co.uk/canoeing-advice-for-anglers

3 Grayling, 3 Other