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Had a pleasant few hours at Gromain, but yet again no Salmon. Caught 3 trout on a 2" Silver Rat tube fly, one in excess of 2 lbs (all returned). The river is getting quite low but at least the possible lies can be seen
There was a small hatch of Large Dark Olives with very few rises to them.
Still I enjoyed myself, and look forward to the next flood

River running clear, no sign of fly life. All trout taken on green nymphs .

3 Trout

Could not fish the main part of the lake due to nesting geese and swans, so fished a little pool just where the island starts. When the swans stopped nicking everything I put in, it turned into a good day. Friendly heifers so watch your kit LOL. I tried lots of things to start with but found the normal yellow corn and pellets work best and got me 4 carp through the day, all between 5-8lb, all caught on float with the bait about 1.25ft (the lake is really shallow here). The lake is really silty so end the day with a method feeder and a white chilli chocolate wafter floating about 2inches of the bottom, I put this as close to the beginning of the island as I could and within 5mins it was off. I had to play it hard because it was headed straight for the snags, and all was going well until it come off LOL. After winding in, I saw that the size 14 hook had been bent straight, so there are some nice fish in there and I will be back. Spent the rest of the day enjoying the lake and its surroundings but no more bites. All in all a nice place to fish.

4 Other

5 Trout

First outing of the year on the river. 5 wbt to goldhead ptn. A couple of tentative rises but not warranting a change to the dry.

5 Trout

None caught, only a couple of takes: grayling on bead head nymph. Weather almost perfect and conditions were good, although the river was still a little cloudy. Fish began to rise late morning following a reasonable hatch. Plenty of sign of otters (footprints) but unfortunately did not see one. Beautiful part of Herefordshire - will certainly return.

8 x trout 6-8 inches on Rusty Klinkhammer size 16. Plus one salmon smolt, all silvered up ready to go to sea...once there is a bit of water to wash it down. Quite difficult today with cold temperatures overnight and the river very low and clear.

8 Trout

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

A cool wind and increasingly overcast conditions meant very little fly life. Team of spiders with weighted nymph on point yielded nothing. Went through the whole menu with regards size and patterns, depth but still nothing doing, not even the faintest of tugs. We both saw an otter in different parts of the beat in the morning, we wanted to ask him where all the fish were but he slid off before we could speak! This is a stunningly beautiful beat with plenty of features and variety along its length. If I do return it will be later in the year as mid April is too early.