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2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Abernant gauge showing 0.6m and falling.
2ft visibility and lots of leaves and debris coming down. 5 OOS Trout on Nymphs, Red Tag, lost another OOS Trout. No fish rising despite a steady trickle of olives coming off from 11am throughout the afternoon. 1 grayling hooked and lost on an emerger pattern, shook the hook at the net, about 12oz.

First time on this lovely beat, will be back when the river is below 0.45m and visibility is better for wading.

5 Trout

Feeder with Pellets or Meat

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

Approx 12lb hen fish from Maddox.

1 Salmon

1 brown
8 rainbow
Caught with blue flash damsel

9 Trout

We caught 8 Barbel to 9lb 10oz & 30 Chub to 5lb 4oz, should be our last day this season thanks to all at WUF.

8 Barbel, 30 Chub

River low and clear, fish are in the deeper water.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

another sunny warm day. river up very slightly from the previous day and looking good. not very productive - only one fish but very happy with a chub which was at least 4lb. interestingly he had a rusty trout nymph stuck in his lip - removed of course.

1 Chub

nice warm autumn day and river slightly up on previous day. salmon not obliging though, although there was some excitement in the afternoon with at least 6 salmon seen jumping just downstream - ranging from a small silver grilse to much bigger but coloured fish. still nothing caught or touched but at least kept the confidence levels up for the rest of the day...

First visit to Doldowlod which is a very nice beat with easy parking and access (lower part didn't fish the upper section). Like the previous day at Craig Lyn, good numbers of upwings and stoneflies about in the Autumn sunshine though again not many fish taking advantage. Once again Euro nymphing proved the way to go with a small pink shrimp on the dropper taking all the fish today. Only fished the lower part of the beat, concentrating on the slower edges of the streamy water. All the Grayling were around the pound mark with the 2 bigger specimens hooked managing to loose the hook during the fight, c'est la vie! Like Craig Lyn, wading should be done careful here as the river flows over bedrock for a large part of the beat and can be very slippery. Very enjoyable weekend fishing the Upper Wye!

2 Trout, 6 Grayling