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Today this beat was very easy to wade, quite a contrast from my last visit when the Wye was in full flow!

Cloudy, blustery day. Given the amount and variety of fly life hatching off - olives, grannom, sherry spinners, Mayfly (several varieties), it was surprising there were very few fish rising. So another day nymphing.

First cast yielded a 3lb out of season chub. Like pulling a welly boot out on a 4wt rod! A few minutes later a pristine 12" shad was caught and safely returned. I think this is the prettiest river fish I have seen, even surpassing a grayling for beauty. Normal service then resumed with around 15 wbt shared between 2 rods. Most in the 5"-7" class, the best around 10". Weighted olive nymph best performing fly.

Cracking day on a really top beat.

5 grayling, 3 trout.

A very difficult downstream wind blowing for most of the morning. Although a superb days fishing had. A slow start - but by 11.30am trout moving to some hatching Mayfly etc. One rod caught 32 Trout and out of season Grayling (nearly all trout maybe 7 Grayling) and the other had 8 Trout. Some good size trout caught up to 18".

Saw one very large Trout move agressively to take something in the margins under the trees, with a very impressive bow wave left. Also nearly trod on a very large Grayling on the gravel runs that moved away at a fair speed. Excellent day enjoyed even if a little windswept!

1 x 4lb sewin (sea trout) and 2 x 3lb Chub caught by A.D. Trout caught at the start of the beat, the Chub in the pools by the rocks at the far end of the beat. 13 x Brown Trout of sizes 3/4lb to 2lb caught in the central part of the river.
WUF Note: a photo has confirmed this was almost certainly a sewin that had been in the river for a couple of weeks.

Fished pm and early evening. Inclement weather including rain and high wind meant hatches lasted minutes. One fish each caught, one small brown and one brown of approx 12 inches, to nymph and klink respectively. River had autumnal debris, presumably due to slight rise and debris blown on to water. The odd fish was rising, but klink brought fish up.

With very little water in the river it made for an interesting day. 10 fish caught between the three of us, the largest a brownie of 10oz and a grayling of 1lb (all returned). Abernant is a stunning location to spend a days fishing.

6 x Trout. Smallest 6", largest 10"

6 trout up to 11.5 in

4 trout up to 10 ins.

Difficult day with a strong upstream wind. Managed 5 trout 9-12” on CDC Dry Hares Ear. Failed to tempt fish to nymphs but GH Tadpole Black proved to be good choice catching me another 4 WBT and a couple of parrs. Big brownie (4-5lbs) spotted in the depths by the rock. Grayling rising to god-knows-what. Several hours and fifty flies later I hooked one grayling on greenwells glory (winged) #18, second cast – second grayling, third cast – snapped fly on bigger fish and having nothing to replace dry I called it a day.