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Unfortunately my guest injured his knee while walking down to the fishery, so in pouring rain we called the day short

Funny old day! Water perfect Height and clarity. Nothing seen or touched. Quick trip to Brecon A&E (who were superb) as my father gave a side 8 Bann the thumbs up (literally) and returned to a coloured rising river.

Based on the amount of rain recently, I certainly feel lucky to have managed a day's guiding on the Wye. The gauge was showing a manageable 1.6 in the morning but was rising throughout the day. The three novices I was with caught a dozen or so small grayling between them using spiders and weighted flame-tails on the point – a Williams Favourite was working well in the slightly coloured water. Overall, it was a lovely day on the river amongst the pretty autumnal colours.

12 Grayling

Another great day on this stretch of water with barbel ranging from 6 to 9lb 6oz and a chub of around 4lb (all caught on pellet). Weather conditions were favourable again with overcast sky's and light showers.

15 Barbel, 1 Chub

Raining when I arrived and started fishing at about 10am and still raining when I packed up at 4pm (relentless!). Despite this the river was fine and clear. Lots of fish rising that came to black gnats size 18 and micro caddis. I missed a fair few and had a better size grayling on a holy grail nymph. Typically the rain stopped as I drove away and as such I wished I had stayed on for the evening. However I was happy to have caught and just be out as the next day would had been a definite wash-off. Looking forward to returning.

6 Grayling, 3 Other

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

No fish caught. I have previously caught quite a few fish here. Quite a few of the previous fish holding spots have disappeared. Lots of gravel has moved through and changed the holding places. The water was also very clear. Didn't see a single fish the whole time I was there. Lots of evidence of wild boar entering the water. Puzzled about where all the fish were!

one fish well over a pound in very good condition. Difficult stretch to fish because of heavy growth of vegetation.

5 Trout

Apologies for the late return....
A good day in awful conditions, we started fishing in light drizzle and finished in torrential rain. Very little surface activity but the fish came to nymphs and spiders.
A lovely stretch of mixed water, with interesting pools glides and runs.
Many Thanks to the Wye and Usk (and land owner) for continuing to introduce such quality waters to the scheme.

12 Trout, 12 Grayling

One of the barbel was 9lb & two of the chub were nearly 5lb, so we were chuffed with those fish! Although we caught a few, there are more prolific beats if it's numbers your after, as these fish came over 11 hours fishing between two of us! It does seem though if you're after a quality fish or two then Courtfield should be considered. Scenery was amazing, what a special place the Wye is for the river angler!

5 Barbel, 13 Chub, 1 Other