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Parked at The Priory and started to unload the car only to find I had forgotten my chair, never done that before and won't do it again! Had to sit on a fallen tree all day and now my back is killing me. As for the fishing I only managed four Chub, I could not get the Barbel to come out and play. Still really enjoyed the day and would like to offer thanks to the WUF for gaining us access to such wonderful stretches of the river Wye.

4 Chub

32 x grayling 10-15 inches, close nymphing and long trotting. The water is in lovely condition, but this was the day of the big storm. Thankfully it didn't rain for too long, but the downstream wind made life very difficult all day long. Salmon spawning on the beat and a couple of new redds visible on the gravel.

32 Grayling

A "challenging" day regarding weather. Extremely high winds limited casting. Water was in excellent condition; clear & pacey. Fish taken toward the bottom of the beat on heavy nymphs.

7 Grayling

11 grayling, all 12"+. 2 wbt 9", great fighting fish. Cold, sunny river at a good level. First time at Abernant, nice stretch of water but not as interesting or challenging as Gromain.

2 Trout, 11 Grayling

3 Grayling

1pm to 4.15pm. Centrepin on old Garrick kevlar trotting rod rod, all very light gear, size 18 hook to 2lb hook length of 2ft with no shot on hook-length due to water being crystal clear. 1 good dace and 1 chub around 2lb in the shallows below entry, from bottom pool. 2 chub in 3 to 4lb size and 1 OOS trout of around 12oz. Good sport on this kind of tackle. All caught on single maggot, no bites on double maggot. In summer you can catch these chub on a tow rope but they seem very cautious in these cold clear conditions. Excellent level for float fishing.

1 Trout, 3 Chub, 1 Other

3 x grayling, 2 at 10-11 inches, one at 15 inches, plus lots of little grayling parr. A dull grey day, with the water clear, but still a big current coming down the Lugg. I struggled I'm afraid, until one decent fish turned up to a Pink Shrimp late afternoon.

3 Grayling

Still and cloudy in the morning. Two grayling taken in the broken water below the Edw pool in a short flurry of activity around 11.30am. Everything went quiet after that so at about 2.30 I took a short break to boil the kettle. To my surprise I saw a few fish start to move as I made tea so I headed down the beat and took three more grayling and two out of season trout as the light faded. All the fish were in lovely condition; the best grayling about a pound and a half, the best of the trout around a pound. The grayling all took a pink shrimp pattern fished deep. I last fished this beat back at Easter when it was bitterly cold - it was a chilly enough December day today, but felt quite balmy in comparison!

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Based on the description of the water, (deeper lower sections etc), my son and I booked for a days piking. The parking was easy to find but I would not attempt the entrance to the middle section in the orchard unless you have a 4x4 as even though it was dry at the time the track has been churned up by tractors. As to the fishing, sufficient to say that it is not a pike water. There are very few deeper areas and the lower section below the wood is just a straight glide. There is one decent peg opposite the orchard car park but, in our opinion, that just about sums the fishery up as a pike venue. At £20 a ticket we made a very expensive mistake!

Good conditions, fished well, no pike.