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3 Trout, 4 Grayling

It was a nice surprise to see the river rise a few inches overnight and the fishing didn’t disappoint after a last minute booking. The trout took a while to show up, but there were big shoals of grayling in the beat today.Most of the grayling were good size adult fish 10-15”, although they were surprisingly absent from many spots where you would expect them to be at today’s water levels. The trout tally included half a dozen between 11/2 and 2lb which started to show serious interest in goldhead PTN’s and flashback nymphs early in the evening. Various emerger patterns also successful earlier in the day. All fish quickly returned. I didn’t see any sign of any salmon moving through unfortunately..
A couple more layers needed today, but a lovely autumn day’s fishing.

14 Trout, 12 Grayling

A quieter day to end our season. 10 fish caught, a mix of trout and grayling. Thanks

3 Trout, 7 Grayling

6 Trout, 5 Grayling

All fish returned safely.

7 Trout, 12 Grayling, 6 Other

2 Grayling

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

No fish! Two fairly inexperienced fly anglers fishing in fast, brown water was not the great ticket to success. We'll have to try again another day.

A welcome and enjoyable day with fish coming throughout the beat despite the low water. Three trout to 10” on an Adam’s early on, the others to various wets and nymphs, all quickly retrieved and released. There were only six juveniles. Usk Nailers and Cased Caddis patterns were particularly successful.
The highlight of the day came late on in the bottom of the beat. Worryingly, I thought I was into a grilse that might have crept up, after a solid take, but it turned out to be a thumper of a Chub of 4 1/2lb maybe pushing 5lb, which took a Cased Caddis in pocket water.

14 Trout, 8 Grayling, 1 Chub