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Beautiful day, 14 or 15°C very light wind and the river dropping overnight to a good level and not pushing through as hard as yesterday. Sadly no grayling found only trout ( all very fit specimens ). Tried upstream and downstream nymphing as no rises without joy, then switched to trotting all afternoon. Had a salmon come past my feet and was close to another that jumped twice in quick succession. Are grayling numbers on the decline in the Irfon? Lovely beat, will be back for some trouting next season.

9 Trout

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

We decided this time to head up to the top end of the beat and try up there. First pool a Grayling of about 1lb slipped the hook a the net and then for the rest of the day it was just interest from trout sadly. Definitely the bottom half of the beat lends itself more to trotting which is what I did the following day when I fished solo.

11 Trout

8 Grayling

3 Chub

2 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

River quite high and pushing through, still plenty of colour so plumped for a day of trotting. Just one Chub with not so much as a nibble from anything else despite plenty of playing around with the set up. Great stretch but too high today to get the best out of it.

1 Chub

Luncheon meat on the hook, just 2 chub this time both 4lb.

2 Chub

River at 1.8m and very slowly falling, water temp 10.4, water coloured but not dirty with 2 foot vis, air temp 15.
Fished 3 swims, one up the top and 2 down the bottom, 1 barbel up the top and 4 down the bottom, fish between 4lb and 6.08lb on halibut pellet and GB feeder. Both chub small. A beautiful autumn day, trees in an array of colours, where a light sweatshirt was sufficient and a few fish to boot. Thank you WUF.

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

River conditions in full flood following recent period of heavy rain. Max casting distance approx 15 to 20 metres otherwise lead pulled too far downstream. Weather today dry and overcast. River slowly dropping but still heavy flow beyond 20 metres. Warm Light ssw winds occasional gusts. Good conditions. End peg on the left bank selected. Other pegs not easily fishable due to flooding. Fishing to 15 max 20 metres. 3oz lead free running with 3ft mono rig with
long braid hair to meat mainly / meat buried in size 8 hook. 2 very powerful barbel lost on meat buried in hook - better fish on bigger baits. 1 small barbel and 2 chub landed. Lots of chub biting all day/ stealing meat off the hair. Fed with pellet and sticky marine halibut/krill gb. Barbel runs on larger lumps of cheesy garlic and hemp glugged luncheon meat. Rebooked weds 9th to friday 11th...hopefully hook more and land at least one of the biggger barbel!

1 Barbel, 2 Chub