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11 chub they were up for it today,missed loads of bit's but still had a great day.

11 Chub

15 x grayling 10-18 inches, 5 x out of season trout 8-14 inches, long trotting. An afternoon season until dusk. Mostly 10-11 inch grayling but several 15 and 16 inch fish and a specimen of 18 inches just before dark. The river was rising slightly at the end, presumably caused by light rain earlier.

15 Grayling

DC & GC found it tough today, the water was running fast with a tinge of colour. All fish taken on nymphs, with nothing larger than 8".
Many thanks to the fishery owner and W&U.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Mild with light winds. No surface activity and all fish came to nymph patterns. Shared the river with several kingfishers.

3 Grayling

A perfect day on the Wye with good flow, a little colour and a mild, cloudy, still day. I caught barbel at regular intervals throughout the session on pellet/feeder. Most were in the five to seven pound range with the largest at 7lbs-11ozs.

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

Mild day , no wind, water slightly high and over the end of the croys but very fishable with heavier feeders. The down side was the water temperature at 44 degrees F. Only 1 barbel each plus several chub best 4-10 to Keith on pellets.

2 Barbel, 7 Chub

I failed to find any of the shoals or indeed have any luck nymphing but was compensated towards the end of the day by two 12" grayling on a Klinkhammer, plus one OOS trout. Fantastic to see a large cock salmon repeatedly leaping in the largest pool, flushed up red and ready for his salmon-business. Owner as friendly as ever

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Good day. Was going to be a short session so decided not to move about and trust that the fish would find me. Weather was grey but comfortable and river carrying a little water and plant debris. Stuck with feeder and pellets and had a few bites spread over the session. Again a warning to visitors - access through the farm to the river requires opening and closing two gates and a clipped electric fence and the area can be muddy so be prepared with wellies and some protection for your car footwell otherwise you'll coat the pedals and mats with a heady mix of liquid mud and cow s**t.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Only caught 1 small perch. The water was a little shallow and we didn't see much activity. We were trotting maggots.
Gaining access to the water was hampered in the northerly direction by live electrical fencing which made getting to the river difficult. It was better in the southerly direction and there were less brambles and other vegetation blocking access to the river from the bank.

1 Other

River dropping after heavy weekend rain. Still a bit higher than we would have liked, but fishable. Some really nice looking water oddly didn't produce, but myself and TH did manage to catch a good number of grayling on variety of nymphing methods, including czech, french leader and indicator. Good range of year class from small shots to nice 16 inch fish. Plenty of pound sized grayling about. Look out for a magazine feature in Total Fly Fisher in a few months time. Great beat!

23 Grayling