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lovely beat, could really have done with more water but managed a few on spiders. saw some fly life and rising fish but couldn't get them to cooperate. Missed a few takes.

3 Grayling

High sticking on 10ft 3WT before lunch and got 2 Grayling both to a gold head. After a blustery start the wind dropped, the sun settled and a constant hatch came on. I became preoccupied by the number of rising fish and caught one flicking out a dry submerger on the 10ft rod but after fly got wet and went down I couldn't tempt the rising fish. So, back to the car and after a quick lunch went on the dry with 7ft 3WT. Caught another 5 Grayling and 5 out-of-season WBT on a nicely tied CDC dry (barbless.com). Lyepole is a lovely beat. The water was very low and by 3.30pm the fish stopped and I was getting cold. 4 or 5 hours of nice fishing. All fish were between 10-12".

5 Trout, 7 Grayling

Lovely stretch, hard going today though. Had both fish at dusk. Bit noisy with that air gun going off all the time! Will definitely return...

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

A glorious day by the river, but only the one barbel to show for our efforts. Lots of salmon on the move!

1 Barbel

Arrived to find the river lower and clearer than in the summer, 2 fished in the end swims past the car park without any joy, I fished in the 1st field & had 2 barbel, the first going 9lb 6oz and the second around 6lb. Both fish came after feeding and resting the swim for an hour.

2 Barbel

Ski thermals, hat and gloves order of the day - very cold bleak day. Started off with klink on dropper and small tungsten nymph in Lady Alexander's Catch - nothing - which has been the story for me all season.
Moved up to Abernant Stream and had 6 grayling between 12" and 16" - all took the klink. One was at the entry point at the tail of the pool and five came from the glide swinging across from the new croys.

6 Grayling

River was crystal clear and unrecognisably low. In parts, only a gutter running down the far bank remained. Fishing was generally difficult due to leaves on the surface but despite this I managed to winkle out a few small Grayling and one perfectly marked Brownie all of which succumbed to a size 16 grhe beadhead.

1 Trout, 3 Grayling

Only the second time ever we have fished this stretch decided to fish opposite ends of the beat to try and locate the fish. Eventually found them in the last field in the deeper water. First fish at 3.00pm, caught on boilies and groundbait feeder. Much more successful overall than my first visit. Will be back next year.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub

20 x grayling 11-16 inches, 6 x out of season trout, long trotting. I fished until just after lunch - cold initially, but bright later. Another day with virtually no rising grayling, so I didn't regret the decision to go trotting. The grayling are still there, and a very nice average size today with a lot of 15 inch fish. Plenty of salmon crashing about in the river now. Also, one of those dramatic low level flights up the valley by a Chinook today, just hopping over the power lines and I could distinctly see the pilots as it approached. The grayling seemed unaffected by the considerable vibration.

20 Grayling

A cold start but a beautiful autumnal day on the river. Two Cormorants feeding just below the woods. Six swims tried, two small Barbel at the death, tough days fishing.

2 Barbel