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Three fish caught on 2 tickets

3 Trout

2 Trout

My 12 yr son tried fishing for the first time with artificial bait, float, sink and hook.No luck catching anything but had lots of fun.

Fished in the afternoon, probably the worst time of day, but no e xcuses for the blank. Spotted a couple of trout and had one veer off from the dry daddy.

2 Barbel, 3 Chub

Warm day with rises throughout. 2 Chub in quick succession on a ptn followed by several takes on a large dark olive and finally landed a trout. Day rounded off with a trout on a ptn. Great days fishing on a lovely beat

2 Trout, 1 Grayling, 2 Chub

A very tough day on the Wye. The river was very low and the weather was very hot. However we managed to still catch. Barbel up to 8lb 6oz. Chub up to 4lb 10oz the other were Eels.

4 Barbel, 13 Chub, 2 Other

2 Trout

The river was low, but not unfishably so and the water was like gin. Great fishing conditions if you like that kind of thing. Weather wise, the morning was cloudy and then the sun came out about 1pm and shone for the rest of the day.

I fished the lower section in the morning and the upper section in the afternoon. They're like two two different rivers really. The lower section is quite tight in places and the wading, especially around the pocket water, can be tricky - those pockets are DEEP and the rocks slippery and I took an involuntary swim at one point - whereas the upper section is easily waded and open.

My fish all came in the afternoon off the upper section to a speculative dry #16 olive pattern drifted over likely spots on the end of a 14 ft leader and 7X tippet. None of the fish were rising prior to taking the fly. I should have caught in the lower section too - there were certainly takeable fish there - but I was undecided whether to fish nymph or dry and ended up by alternately fishing both badly. Spent a lot of time unhooking the backcast from trees too, which didn't help. With water as low and clear as that you only really get one chance and my drifts and set up were far too clumsy for the conditions. So it's my own fault that I didn't catch.

Will definitely try and go back though. It's glorious country up there and I want to try and make a better job of fishing the bottom section next time. I didn't do it justice.

5 Trout