Many beats are on the rise though considering the amount of rain in some areas yesterday evening, especially around Hereford its of fairly modest proportion.   It seem the downpours were localised with some areas escaping, notably the whole of the upper river from Builth Wells upstream where conditions remain low.Around Hay colour is pretty good and the river freshened up.  Wether it's been enough to move fish around is debatable at the mioment.  More heavy showers are forecast for much of the area today and the lower river looks likely to be the worst affected. However without more rain spate should run off quickly without backup from the upper river.

Sea fishing trip went well with a good bunch of guys from Brecon area in the Severn estuary off Penarth with a good mix of species, including conger, blond rays, smalleyed ray, thornback, smoothound, spurdog and bull huss etc. No rain there to speak off just fog and a flat calm.


Some catches below during absence.

Monday.
Wysham 15lb to Alan Shufflebotham  Fly.
Upper Bigswier. 20lb to Nathan Jubb.Spin.  ( See picture below)
Ingeston.17lns PeterWebb and 11lb David Slade,.Spin

Tuesday
|Don Macer Wright two at Wyebank 12 and 15 on fly
Wyesham  Nigel Smith 16lbs,Peter Sinclaire Snipe 20lbs and  Stephen Marsh Smith 7lbs  Fly.

Today.
Fish reported from beat 4, Whitney by Simon Sprinter 12lbs. Unsure from yesterday or today,
2 fish from Wyesham 9 1/2 and 21lbs Fluy snd spinner respectively.
I'm told the river is coloured below the |Monnow and upriver although only up about a foot up the Ithon may also introduce colour.