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2 grayling, 6 brownies. mix of dry and wet flies. no fish taken.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

This was my first visit to Gromain and Upper Llanstephan. What a beat! If you designed a beat to look "fishy" it would look like this. Beautiful surroundings, pocket water, classic salmon pools, flats, falls and gutters. Such variety. I was also delighted with the effort that has clearly been put into giving visiting anglers the best chance of success. The beat was well tended, not massively overgrown which some WUF beats are and the notes for the beat were detailed and helpful - giving some guidance for all the pools. Its a credit to WUF! A small suggestion would be a few more notes for those targeting trout. The beat can be a little intimidating in its size and its a little difficult to know where to start. There were some small mentions in the notes but a little more would be appreciated. Much is made is previous reports about the difficulty of wading on this beat - and to be sure there are parts that are definitely not easy. But if you have a wading staff and studded felt soles and the flow is not too high (gauge was 1 ft for me) then you should not be put off the beat. Sadly, not only didn't I catch anything but I didn't see (or touch) any salmon and didn't really see any trout either. Curious. I fished from 12pm til sunset. A great day though.

All fairly small fish, but a barbel bite is a barbel bite. A pleasant day out.

8 Barbel

Another 12lb cock salmon for Matt Cooper on a Tyne Toucan. The fish came again from Hom Stream on Weirend beat. Four fish in one week for Matt. 1 from Goodrich 3 from Ross AC waters.

1 Salmon

Stunning autumn day at Abernant but with a stiff downstream breeze which gradually abated during the day. Fished with nymphs below a klink, one snatch from a small fish, apart from that the klink wasn't troubled the rest of the day.
Caught 2 wbt, 6 Grayling and 4 salmon par all on a gold beaded hairs ear. All fish apart from the salmon Parr were around 10 oz but very lively.
Despite the afternoon being warm and still there was no surface action. Probably my last day of the season and a good way to finish. Thanks to all at the foundation.

2 Trout, 6 Other

Nil return

No fish caught.

Zilch.

Saw lots of fish but conditions difficult with low water, very bright day with cold northerly wind.

3 Trout