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Heavy rain pretty much all morning, brightened up with the odd shower in the afternoon. Grayling were hard to find, managed to pick a couple around 4 30 pm. All in all an enjoyable day .

4 Grayling, 1 Other

A lovely 8.12 Barbel from the meadow with another lost to a hook pull as dusk approached.

1 Barbel

Water now like tap water. Level down to summer levels.
When we arrived there was an otter and a cormorant at the confluence of the Lugg.
However we did manage 5 chub which included a 5lb 6oz chub.
One of our party lost 2 barbel in the rocks.
Not a great day in bright sunshine which later turned into showers and the temperature dropping all the time. Still a well kept beat we will no doubt return to this stretch again.
As ever we've had a great week here on the Wye.
We would recommend staying at Falcon House B&B at How Caple which we have done on many occasions which is really handy for a lot of Wye and Usk beats.
Also the Moon at Mordiford is great for a meal and pint or 2. They are very welcoming to us anglers who at times may be a bit dishevelled.

5 Chub

Fished really well, we had 7 Barbel & 8 Chub.

7 Barbel, 8 Chub

1 Trout

Nothing caught

Fished duo with a s16 goldhead hares ear wound with gold thread, hanging from a s14 light gray klink.
Most fish fell to the hares ear with gentle takes. There were quite a few rises too with about 25% fish caught on the dry.
Only the OOS WBT and one Grayling were less than 12”. The rest between 12” and 15”. Great day, great beat.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling

Didn’t arrive till 11 due to road closures. Was at this beat last week but had to leave early due to leaky waders so I needed to come back to make amends. Water very clear back down to somewhere near summer levels.

Caught fish steadily all day all along the beat. 15 Grayling up to 19 inches with 3 or 4 around that size. All solid fish and tough fight in the faster water! Three out of season brown trout also caught in very odd non trout-y places. One a nice 18”. All fish caught on a selection of different dry flies and all released safely. And no water in waders when finished...

Thanks.

3 Trout, 15 Grayling

2 Chub

Pleasant day, mixing the military exercises next door with kingfishers, hawks etc - they don't seem to mind! River quite low and clear, but even so some of the pools are still too deep to wade and it means scrambling through heavy bankside vegetation to make progress. Several trees in the stream as well.
Looked promising, but I only caught 4 trout and saw others - no sign of any grayling at all - used various shrimp patterns to no avail.

4 Trout