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Having been unable to fish Abernant the day before made our way nervously from our B&B in Hay (The Bridge, highly recommended, very good value) only to find the Wye as angry as the day before.

I know from past experience that the Irfon clears quicker than most other parts of the system so headed up to the Cammarch Hotel beats.

A warm welcome as ever from hotel's owner, Catherine, and some sobering advice - are you mad????

Again, river Irfon very swollen and coloured. Fished the Upper Beat in the morning and landed two pristine wbt 10" - 12" at the tail of the pool right at the bottom of the beat. Both fell to a weighted red tag to cope with current and colour and were returned safely.

Moved to the lower beat in the afternoon but only managed a small wbt as the conditions worsened. My brother-in-law unfortunately blanked but we both had an enjoyable session in spite of the conditions being stacked against us.

A very big thank you to Catherine at The Cammarch Hotel for the loan of the wading stick, invaluable and now on my Christmas list!

River very couloured and high - very few available, viable pegs. No fish caught - left after 3 hours

8 x trout 6-9 inches on Klinkhammers. It suddenly struck me that the end of September is almost here, after which we will be confined to those voucher beats which have grayling. Time to use the little 7 foot rod again before it is put away for the winter. Even by the standards of the passport scheme, the Dulas is a really small stream with a flow seemingly not much greater than the taps running into my bath. So you end up fishing the holes, of which there are quite a number and surprisingly deep in places. It's a very pretty piece of water, particularly now as the leaves colour up, containing small versions of the usual handsomely coloured Dore trout. And when fishing is over, the Dog Inn at the bottom of the beat in Ewyas Harold fulfils that most important anglers' requirement - it's almost always open.

Started at Boys rocks and caught 9 Barbel to just under 8lbs on Pellets by 11.00am. 5 of these were over 7lbs
I then decided to to try the bottom field in the afternoon but failed to find the fish and the school rowing club eventually persuaded me to leave.

Absolutely superb fishing. I have fished all over the world and this day was perhaps the best small stream trout fishing, in terms of action, that I have ever had. 50+ trout to 1lb4oz and 1 small grayling. 7.6 rod and 7X. Almost all fish taken on klinkhammer, adams and a small size 18 tungsten skinny nymph, small hares ears and PTs. The river took on plenty of colour during the heavy downpours and I started to wonder if it would torpedo the fishing, but far from it. I fished the heads and tails of pools and was lucky enough to enjoy almost non-stop action. I hope to write an article about this trip and small stream fishing in general in FF and FT such was the excellent quality of the fishing. Oh yes, and to top it all off I saw a kingfisher fishing which was a delight! Thanks WUF!

R.P. - 7 x trout 7-14 inches.
M.T. - 1 x brownie - tiddler and 1 x Grayling @ 1 1/2 lb
D.M. - 2 x trout 7 inch
Returned.

River high and coloured. Nil fish caught.

2 brown trout 6", returned. Light olive fished dry

6 x Barbel

As you know we are at the mercy of the weather in September - feast or famine! Turned up to fish Abernant for a long awaited end of season trip only to find the Wye roaring through the valley like chocolate soup from heavy overnight rain.

Made my way about half a mile up the road to fish one of my favourite streams, the Edw. Whilst this was also pretty high and coloured I decided to give it a go.

Managed to winkle out 6wbt, 5" to 7" and best about 9",all fell to spiders (usual suspects). Then the heavens opened mid afternoon so retreated to my B&B, a warm shower, a couple of pints with dinner and a prayer for clearer overnight skies (had booked Abernant again the next day).