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No fish caught, river was very coloured.
The land owner (farmer) claimed the fishing rights were not available for day ticket fishing, he asked that the Wye and Usk foundation contact him to clarify the arrangement. Thanks

Fishing Passport Note : We will happily discuss this with the landowner who is not the owner of the fishing rights.

Found the river up a few inches but running clear. The grayling were hard to find but the OOS trout were willing. Hooked two large grayling on nymphs and netted one below the run at the top of the beat.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

3 Trout

Enjoyable day on a really well managed beat. All fish on feeder and pellet. Biggest of the barbel was around 6lb, chub 3lb. River still low, where is the rain! We fished the top end and probably should have been more mobile as we never really got anything going consistently. Will definitely return.

2 Barbel, 9 Chub

2 rainbow trout caught near dam. Undersized so went back.

2 Trout

A great days fishing. Most of the Chub were caught by my friend, trotting hemp and caster along the far bank tree line.
I stuck it out on the straight lead for a Barbel, which came along just before dusk. I backed this up with 9 Chub generally between 3-4lb.

1 Barbel, 59 Chub

I have been a bit disparaging about the downstream half of this beat in the past. Thinking about it, this was probably as much due to my rushing through it, having spent too much time on the upper beat in the morning, than any reflection of the water itself. Also, if I catch a few fish in the morning, my concentration tends to waiver in the afternoon. This being the case, I decided to reverse the order today, fishing the downstream half of the beat first

As a previous correspondent indicated, at these low levels, there is not much water to go at, and I only fished around half a dozen runs during the morning. However, I spent longer in each run, and was pleasantly surprised with the results this produced, often picking up 3 or 4 Grayling long after I would normally have moved off the run. A dozen plus Grayling and one Trout, all on a nymph, before moving to the upper half of the beat after lunch. A similar catch from the upper half of the beat, a few more Grayling than in the morning (but this included some very small fish) and 3 Trout. Again, I only fished around half a dozen runs, sitting on the run usually produced good results

There were a few fish rising by mid afternoon, but I had had enough by then; with the prospect of my lovely wife's Lamb Casserole, in red wine sauce, with Mediterranean herbs and Dauphinoise potatoes and a bottle of Shiraz, more alluring than a few more fish

4 Trout, 30 Grayling

Fished Sunday 11th October between about 10am and 4.30pm. Following rain on Friday the Ddol Farm gauge had risen to ~1.30m on Friday afternoon, but had dropped back to 0.70m today. The river was a little high, but clear and very fishable. It was a mild day, with only a light breeze. There was reasonable hatches of fly, especially in the faster water - small olives, some large olives and sedges. However, there was only the occasional fish rising. Mostly out of range.
We fished the top part of the beat.
We managed 14 grayling and 6 trout between us. Fairly steady throughout the day. All but one on small bead head nymphs fished under a dry dropper. The other was to the dry dropper. All the fish were a good size, between about 10" and 14".

6 Trout, 14 Grayling

A very memorable day for myself - had 10 chub up to 5lbs & 2 barbel up to 7lbs. A lovely spot.

2 Barbel, 10 Chub

8 Barbel, 16 Chub