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River clear but a little too high so that possible swims limited. Two small grayling and one out of season WBT, fly and maggot at the top end of the beat.

The river had dropped over night but was not ideal. Slightly coloured and a bit on the high side.

JC fished the top section and managed just over half a dozen grayling and a 2.15 lb brownie. All taken on trotted maggot. Fished the czech nymph without success due to the now rising river conditions.
Yes, it was raining again and even a short hail shower occurred.
RJ, PD, WH all fished the lower end of the beat all taking grayling to 1.13lb. RJ had in excess of 20 grayling and enjoyed a cracking duel resulting in a 4.05lb chub. PD had a steady day landing a dozen fish to about a pound. WH had a good dozen or so grayling and lost an absolute whacker after it had jumped clear of the water, slipping the hook in the process and causing a birds nest to add insult to injury.
A great day on a lovely beat. Stayed at the Bronwye guest house in Builth wells which yet again was superb. Thanks to all at the Wye and Usk for hassle free booking and great angling.

First time on the Lugg and quite a hard day. Lots of micro Grayling and four substantial fish - 0.5lb, 2x 1.75lb and one beauty at 2lb06oz. The Grayling appeared to be quite localised and a lot of time was spent searching the water without reward. The four larger Grayling were all caught in a 100m stretch! A lovely river and one I hope to fish again soon.

The first time we've blanked on the Wye! Not even a bite!

Took a gamble on the river falling enough to make it worth the trip - it was still carrying a fair bit of colour (enough to make wading some of the stretches a wee bit exciting). Managed 3 grayling up to 1lb, and a small brownie. Binned it early when the hail began. No hatch, but nice long glides that I bet fish well when conditions more conducive.

17 x grayling 6-19 inches, 10 x out of season trout 8-14 inches, taken by bugging and in fact nearly all of them chose a Pink Shrimp from the cast.

A dull day around 5 degrees, with rain at times and only occasional glimpses of the sun. Nevertheless, Lyepole was as beautiful as ever although not quite so quiet as usual - I could hear a hunt going on in the next valley. Highish water (1 foot 1 at Byton gauge) but colour was fining down during the day. Just above the bridge, I met an otter fishing by day, as they often do in high water. I like to think they don't do too much harm to the fishing, unlike those "black death" cormorants, and in fact fish were taking just minutes after she passed by me on her way downstream.

However, of a very mixed bag of grayling, some small, some middling, a couple of fish at 15 and 16 inches, and a real specimen at 19 inches...well the big one, a nice looking fish in every other way with heavy shoulders and a massive dorsal, unfortunately had a nasty and quite fresh wound on its back. I'm afraid this looked more like an otter bite to me than a cormorant slash. I'm sure it will recover.

The trout were as active as they have been elsewhere this autumn, excellent condition wild Lugg fish, full of fight and pep...and no sign at all of spawning.

Altogether a delightful day and I was so engaged that that I totally neglected to eat my lunch.

Very slow start in the morning with only 3 small grayling showing from the bottom part of the beat. After a break we fished the top part of the beat both fishing the duo and what an afternoon!! My fishing buddy had over 20 Grayling and I had 13 Grayling. Fish in the deeper pools and we both lost some good fish. Largest fish approx 2 to 2.5lb.
Great day out and well worth the cash. Thank you Wye and Usk.

The temperature was 10C and the afternoon generally sunny. The river level was up, but not dramatically, and it seemed possible a barbel or two might feed. However there was no action to report on this final trip of the year.

3 grayling around 12" - 1 wbt. River up and muddy, fish caught on trotted maggots in front of the big house.

River up around 4ft and whilst not too coloured, it was a cold and difficult day with few fish caught - mostly small small chub, dace and minnows. Would love to come back when the river is in better condition.