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Grayling up to 12 inches and two OOS trout up to 8 inches. All caught on small grey dry flies from one pool. Really nice autumn day out which will probably be the last days fishing this year. Thanks.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

1 Barbel

6 Barbel, 23 Chub

2 chub in the first 20 minutes and very little after that.

2 Chub

No salmon seen / caught.

4 barbel landed and one lost. Different swims producing this time to last trip in august. Heavy feeding seemed the way forward

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

7 Trout, 1 Grayling

The salmon was around three , three and a half pounds , coloured fish , caught on fly and released in good order.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

1 Trout

Well I did have intentions to go up to Claerwen Reservoir today but didn't fancy fishing the thick muddy banks as its still very low so I opted for my old favourite...... Court of Noke beat of the Arrow .

Turned up at the parking spot at half eight ! An immediate problem the huge herd of hereford bullocks were in the field!! Not wanting to mess with a load of mobile beefburgers I tacked up and headed down the road as you come up. There's a gate leading into the maize field. I went in there and although it seems daunting keep low and manouvre through the crop!! Which is reasonable as the canopy is pretty much above you !! You'll come out by the river bank, wing a left and commence up to the downstream limit of the beat !! Simples!!

Fished a single heavy Pheasant tail nymph, river is perfect except for the masses of leaves now falling !! No trout at all during my three hour session although really good fun on the small grayling!! One particular run had five in rapid succession , good to see . Only four or five inches ! Three of my tally of eleven were proper adult grayling all about ten inches in size !

A fun morning! Did catch a glimpse of the otter on the opposite bank! Big old boy too !! Wonder how his mornings angling went ....... !!

Anyway a fun kick of too my grayling season.! Good fun .. Think I'll give the Upper Severn @ Caersws a bash next week if levels stay decent!! Happy days !!

11 Grayling