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Both returned.

2 Trout

Started 10 AM first chub after 3 hours, both barbel came at dusk. This beat has produced numerous barbel through out the day previously, however the recent cold nights may have impacted on the feeding habits. River level just exposing the rapids up stream, good flow but lots of debris and weed catching the line. Excellent day all the same.

2 Barbel, 6 Chub

Two novices to Grayling fishing keen for a day in the beautiful Wye valley. The river was coloured and well stocked with feisty, hard fighting leaves! No hatch of any significance and little evidence of fish on the surface. The run below Ciliau Falls and Rocks spared our blushes in the late afternoon with small, weighted, dark nymphs proving most successful. The full moon rising over the hills at about 5.30pm provided a stunning finale to an excellent day out.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

A windy, leafy, murky Irfon greeted us today, conditions played havoc with our offerings and only yielded one oos brown trout, all be it a good one who gave a cracking account of itself taking the dropper of a team of a silver beaded black and red nymph and a red tag on the point. A quiet end to another enjoyable trip to the regions waters, thanks as always to WUF.

1 Trout

2 trout caught, 2 3/4 lbs and the other 3 lbs.

2 Trout

Struggled today, a contrast from my last visit three weeks ago. For some reason the colder unsettled weather seemed to put the grayling off the feed though I tried my usual range of tactics. Oh well, better next luck next time.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very tough conditions with low clear water level and weed wiping out the rod/rig all day long. Fished from first light and stuck at it and as the many bats came out at dusk (some bumping into my line to give false bites), just as I was going to pack up my perseverance paid off and I had my first barbel at 6lb. Had a few beers to celebrate :-)

1 Barbel

Had 1 nice fighting barbel of just under 6lb and 2 chub. All on pellet, nothing on the meat.

Arrived at dawn frosty no fish caught lost one. Good beat river very low and clear.

Fished from 10 a.m. and finished early, quite chilled at about 4.30 p.m. Water 1'2" on the Llanstephan guage and quite nippy at eight degrees. Fairly calm and cloudy for most of the day but a bit of a cold upstream wind, mid-afternoon. Definitely now time for the LJs and also for another top layer next time out - winter cometh! Pale wateries and a few olives appeared early afternoon which induced fish to rise. Whilst fly was still around when I left, the fish pretty much stopped rising at about 3.30 p.m. Had about a third of the fish on nymphs (FBPTN, pink shrimp and Duracell) and the rest on a small light hare's ear Duck's Dun which, as over the last few weeks up north, seems to have induced fish rising to PWs and olives to take up top. Best OOS trout 14" and the rest 10-12", and most grayling 10-12" with a couple of 13-14" fish as well. Must stay warmer next time out!

6 Trout, 15 Grayling