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1 Trout

1 Trout

One 2lb trout out of season trout in good condition. No sign of grayling.

1 Trout

Weather forecast kept changing so we deferred a decision until the last possible moment. We got as far as Rita’s bacon butty van outside Crickhowell where it was raining before deciding to press on regardless as this was likely to be our last outing this year.

Proved a good decision – the rain stopped as we pulled in to the car parking area and the day culminated in a glorious autumn afternoon. Got in to the river just above the bottom salmon boards and second cast my fly disappeared in to a gentle rise which turned out to be a lovely 17” trout – out of season but still in very good nick. Thought that might auger well but there wasn’t much activity … however any fish that did rise seemed more than willing to come to an artificial. We finished with 6 grayling to 15” and 3 OOS trout, and said farewell to the Wye for another season.

We have had a good year, 18 days on the rivers. Thanks to all involved for facilitating some very special fishing. Back next year, heres hoping the river is less stressed with low levels.

3 Trout, 6 Grayling

2 Grayling

Great day, expertly guided by Oliver Burch, always fun. Weather fine, a little cool at lunchtime. Wet flies, red tag and treacle parkin both very effective. Very little surface activity, did try a Grayling Steel blue dry after lunch but no interest. River a little coloured, as expected given the recent rain, running quite high but plenty of easy access on this beat. One nice grayling to 14 inches, lost 3. 5 OoS trout.

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout

River had decent flow, trout caught on partridge and orange spider on swing and grayling on flash PTN on French leader. One missed take

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

3 Trout, 3 Grayling