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No life at all in the river. No fish. No fly life. A local passer-by even commented "who told you there were fish in here? There aren't". Hmmm.

WUF note - Although fish are not evident in great numbers, there are some large trout to be had here in some of the deeper pools. Please see earlier catch reports.

The river was carrying a bit of colour. At one o'clock there was a brief hatch (LDO's, MB's?) and the fish responded. 3 fell to the dry fly. Other than that the others came intermittently to spiders. It was very pleasant to be out on a river again after the winter.

7 Trout

No fish caught, rained all day but river in good shape. Fished a variety of methods including nymphs and klinkhammers.

Not a bad day, only 2 small brown trout, one on a Czech nymph and one on a bead head pheasant tail, more seen but soon spooked by my clumsy footwork, over sized rod and lots of dogs throughout the day.
The brook is very littered with debris after recent flooding.

2 Trout

Good water, clearing well. No salmon but two good pike both in early 20lbs reported to a syndicate member spinning from beat 2. River now receiving another good spate so we will see what it brings in a couple of days.

2 Pike

Good water height and clearing. Hooked and lost one fish of around 3lb on the fly. I suspect it was an escapee Rainbow or a very silver brown trout. My mate reckoned it was a Salmon but they are not that small in the Wye!

Good water with a little colour. Thought nymphs would work but no takes. More recce than fishing. Much fast water above Titley bridge but nothing in possibly the best holding pool in Lyonshall Wood - then saw a possible culprit as bloated Cormorant bolted after hiding for a while. Nice looking beat hope fishing improves.

Slight rise on river and coloured but good fishy sort of day, though Wye gauge at Fownhope does not seem to show up dated height but guess about 2 ft or so, no sign of any fish but cracking 21 pounder fresh run springer on fly nearly went up to Hereford but came back for the weigh in and safe release! Nice classic clean fish which is wonderful to see, hope she makes to the redds.
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1 Salmon

First day out this season and what a good session it was. Fished with spider patterns in the fast water. Four good and healthy trout were taken as well as missing some other offerings.

4 Trout

Cloudy until late afternoon, cool downstream wind.
Hatch at around 1pm, fish started rising, caught three on dries including two good fish.
One further fish on a nymph later in the afternoon.

4 Trout