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Weather cloudy ish but much warmer than Monday.

Caught 1 very good size Grayling in am and another that got away after a big fight.

Another 3 small ones in afternoon.

Lovely day.

Disaster......left rod and reel by side of car and now home in West Yorkshire....have a friend who could pick it up locally.....gutted....please help!!

WUF note: The rod and reel has since been found and safely returned.

4 Grayling

DC & GC had another day on this nice beat but the fishing was really hard going due to a very strong and gusting wind. No sign of any surface activity so nymphs used. GC had 4 grayling and DC 3 grayling up to to 10inches. The 2 other were small wbt.
Many thanks to the Colonel and W&U.

7 Grayling, 2 Other

Having fished Cefnllysgwynne the day before, which is immediately downstream of Llanfechan and also includes part of the far bank of this beat, I can say that if anything this section of the river is even more beautiful.
Conditions were good, a crisp morning which brightened during the day. In the early afternoon a small hatch brought fish to the surface, and both a trout and a grayling were taken and safely released on a dry fly - size 16 green klinkhammer.
Also had a very nice chat with the owner.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Frosty start (-2 )but soon turned into lovely calm day, water was very clear and the fish were in different spots to when I fished it about a month ago. grayling to 10" and oos trout to 14"

4 Trout, 11 Grayling

I’ll be honest , I was told to fish for the table today since a meal, which would benefit from a nice grayling , was to be prepared. I chose Aberbwtran because I know there are some decent fish there and it is one of the beats that has a 2 fish bag. Always difficult and really tricky wading but a really lovely place. First one, 16 inches from the big pool to a barbless hares ear nymph and the other two 10 and 12 inches to a rusty Klinkhammer at bottom of the beat. Only took one home!

3 Grayling

Overnight frost, bright sun all day, low clear water. Thats my excuses for a tough day. I started in the bottom field and as expected failed to find any fish willing to feed, however a move back up to the island area in the faster water brought some interest and a hard fighting Barbel of 6lb 4ozs obliged mid afternoon. This was followed by a slightly smaller Barbel and finally a Chub of about 2 1/2lb as the light started to fade.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

First hard frost of the autumn. River running at 1ft 9in, clear but with a lot of leaves. Fish hard to find. Ended up with 9 grayling, all between 8" and 10". Nine on gab and one on nymph. Was too fast to wade Abernant Stream so gave that a miss this time.

9 Grayling

Arrived to a ground frost this was followed by unbroken sunshine all day, a lovley day to be out on the riverbank however the fish didn't seam to have the same appreciation for the conditions, river was low & clear. One Barbel & Chub caught during the afternoon & a supper condition 8lb Barbel put in an appearance last cast just as the last of the daylight faded. Always a pleasure to be on the Wye

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Unfortunately, I only managed to fish this for a couple of hours first thing in the morning, I wanted to come back later in the day, but was sadly unable to make it :( Didn't see or touch any fish while I was there, shied away from a few good spots due to wading difficulty, water was running quite well and I didn't have a wading staff. Looked like some great water though, will try again when I'm next in the area!

A great beat, with a broad range of water - and so much of it that one would be hard pushed to do it justice in a day. A beautiful church at the downstream end of the beat,and a series of gorgeous pools, riffles, run and gutters. Several salmon seen jumping throughout that day too.
Two grayling caught and released on nymphs in deeper sections. Two fingerling trout also caught and released not included in count.

2 Grayling