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1 Trout

On this occasion this beat was fished by participants on the Wye & Usk Foundation Tenkara day

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Went in search of the grayling today and not much happening at surface so opted to nymph . All fish came to hand between 11am-1pm with not a touch after as the sun shone brightly overhead and killed the sport . What few rises there were also ceased. Size wise all between 6-12 inches with nothing bigger showing. nice few hours

3 Trout, 14 Grayling

A few small Grayling and Brown trout mainly on a Sedge, One good sized 15 1/2" Grayling - 1 1/2 lbs PR :-)

4 Trout, 8 Grayling

No rain and no salmons, so trout fishing in the afternoon. Lots of small trout and grayling on wets and drys, great fun.

6 Trout, 15 Grayling

Oh dear, never mind - another day chasing the elusive silver tourist, only to find that he's gone on holiday!! 2 decent fish were hooked and lost on a #14 double Connemara Black and a #14 treble Cascade. The promised overnight rain didn't happen, and that's all that's needed to freshen and stir things up. We can all come up with reasons and excuses, but at the end of the day, the salmon remains the King!!!!

7 Trout

Cooler, overcast day with intermmitent drizzle but luckily little wind. Fish were rising sporadically all day but with no consistency. Fly hatching all the time and a few mayflies were still about.
Fished from bottom of Lady Alexander's Catch to the top of the pool in the morning then Abernant Stream in the afternoon.
After a quiet first half hour settled on something #16 , white with a green body - then the fun started.
Had 11 grayling and 2 trout in the morning - all on the same fly bar 1 grayling on a nymph when I decided to plumb the deeper fast water at the head of the pool.
Switched to a #16 deer's hair emerger in the afternoon and caught consistently along the length of Abernant Stream. Stopped counting when I got over 20 grayling.
Most of the fish in LAC were 6" to 8" with one at 10" and another at 12". The fish from AS were consistently larger - but none over 12".
Both trout were around 10".
Fishing barbless I must have hooked and lost another 10 fish and in LAC must have missed as mant fast takes as I hit.
All in all a wonderful day's fishing.

Footnote:

This time last week I was fishing in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park for wild rainbows and brook trout. Wonderful streams like the Little Pigeon River and the West Prong. Should have taken my tenkara rod as would have been perfect on these tumbling rivers and streams.
The Smoky Mountain Angler in Gatlinburg in an excellent, helpful store. Hired me a 3wgt sage rod and reel at $15 a day and a 3 day permit was another $30. Recommended method was "dry and dropper" with "anything with yellow" for the fly and a small ptn or hare's ear.
Plenty of small rainbows caught - but beware snakes in the river and on the banks (3 seen) and the small matter of black bear - we saw 8 but luckily none when I was fishing.

2 Trout, 20 Grayling

Good day

4 Trout

Third visit to this beat and enjoy the fact its a fairly short beat with very easy access to the river. Wadding also not too difficult as long as you have a wadding stick. The cows in the field didn't mind me intruding on them as I made my way down. River was low but I knew would hold fish. Czech nymphing with a Rag Tag and GRHE on jig hooks did the trick but just two brought to the net with the best probably to half pound. Fish came from Lady Alexanders Catch with the faster water keeping the Grayling interested. River needs some water and will be back.

2 Trout

Third time on this beat and enjoy the fact that this is a short beat with easy access to the river with fairly easy wadding as
long as you have a wadding stick. Cows didn't mind me intruding on them as I made my way down. Only two Grayling came to the net, both Red Tag and GRHE on jig hooks size 12 took the fish with one that got away. All the action came from Lady Alexander's Catch in the faster water and couldn't hit most takes. Fished until 5pm and once the wind picked up called it a day. River needs a bit more water and will return very soon.

2 Grayling