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Another hard day at the office rewarded by 2 trout and a grayling on dries

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

One trout in the morning around 1/2 pound. One trout in the evening around 1 pound. Both on dry flies

2 Trout

Not a bad day there was a few fish moving

3 Trout

1 Trout

Enjoyable day on a beautiful beat....one of the Chub made 5lb.Another angler on far bank had 3 Barbel but unfortunately none for us.

3 Chub

Second attempt on the lower beat, found grayling taking small dries and missed lots which I don't mind as this is the challenge! Finally hooked one but only 8 inches. Had larger one on heavy nymph in channel and a trout of 10 inches on a dry fly. Difficult wading but worth it.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Very good morning and evening to many people in the afternoon

4 Barbel, 9 Chub

Very tough day fishing. Started on one of the upper steep banked swims. Was feeder fishing targeting barbel . Put a decent amount of ground bait in the river and tried a variety of hook baits but could buy a bite. Change hook link lengths and switched our for a small weight but still couldn’t find the fish. So around 12ish moved to one of the downstream swims - very snaggy so switched to trotting and caught two of the smallest chublet I’ve ever caught - barely the width of my hand. Returned to an upstream swim in the evening and went back to feeder fishing and ledgering. Casting one rod near and one far. After 11.5hrs with no bites I finally hooked into a fish. And boy was it worth persisting for. Double figure Wye barbel - that’s what I came for!

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

The wind often made for less than ideal presentation today but, in the lulls, some fish rose and pale wateries and some Yellow Mays appeared from time to time. Had all of the fish on a size 18 pale HE Ducks Dun, a pattern which, as usual at this time of year, took risers and non-risers. With some falling leaves and morning mist, autumn is with us for sure and more of today's falling leaves will bring more fish food with them in the foam lanes in the coming weeks. Bring it on! As elsewhere on our rivers, low water levels allowed me to get to a few usually less accessible spots. Lots of the current prolific 9-10" year class of grayling with few 12 -14" fish too.

1 Trout, 14 Grayling

A tough day. Was hard to find a good spot to fish so ended up in the shallower part of river. 2 eels and a small chub, plus lots of canoe traffic. Still the sun shined and views were nice.

1 Chub, 2 Other