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River rising rapidly after day of rain. Nice beat - will be back when water lower. Large Salmon seen in shallows near downstream limit of beat.

This beat was fished by two members of the Grayling Society on this occasion.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Well it was Friday the 13th... and storm Abigail was blowing through... and I watched the gauge at Llandewi regularly ..water wasn't rising!
Inside I knew it was not the day to go but the Wish to Fish got the better of me! Ithon was 0.51 metres on the EA gauge and now I know that's too deep and too fast to wade..unless you are a giraffe!...........zero fish caught, seen or heard.

Conditions not ideal after a sharp drop in temp overnight combined with a gusting wind and a fair amount of debris coming down the river which meant we couldnt present the bait for more than around 10 minutes at a time. Nevertheless the water level was up, had a nice colour and we did winkle 5 barbel out, upto 9lb 12oz. all to feeder/pellet/meat tactics. The great thing about fishing the Wye is that it always leaves us wanting more....will be back next year.

5 Barbel

Heavy overnight rain had made the River almost unfishable, it was a raging torrent! There was very little in the way of even moderately slack water in which we could present a bait, 5oz of lead was barely holding bottom in the edge. We managed to outwit one small Chub and had a very enjoyable day in lovely surroundings so will definitely return at a time when the river might be slightly less angry than it was on Friday.

1 Chub

Again a lot of water. Fished with a big lead in the weed. Pellets and meat. 6 barbel between 6 and 8lb.

6 Barbel

The river was up 4 feet or so and looked spot on for a few fish. Unfortunately the barbel had other ideas! 1 bite resulted in 1 chub. Thanks WUF.

1 Chub

A nice quiet stretch of river which was running clear. Nothing rising so nymphing was the way forward. This tempted two decent grayling, the largest about 1lb, three wannabee grayling and two brown trout. Not yet managing to make contact with shoaling fish but a good day out all the same.

5 Grayling

River pushing through with a little debris, but conditions pretty much ideal. Expected to be into more fish than the one 4lb splasher that I took on halibut pellet, but was not to be.

1 Barbel

River conditions were good in respect of level and colour, pushing through with a decent flow but as always, leaves and debris making it hard to present a bait as you would wish. The morning was not too bad weather wise, but all change in the afternoon as the wind got up and rain came in and temp dropping. We managed to land 4 barbel up to 10lb 10oz despite the difficulties. meat and pellet again doing the business. Back next season without a doubt.

4 Barbel