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What an incredible day weather wise for near November. It started off misty and warm before turning sunny and hot, 19 degrees celcius in the shade! It clouded over later and got back to a more normal temperature.
To the fishing. I concentrated my efforts on the bottom field and took a barbel on the second cast but had no more bites until the afternoon when I had a second fish after trying a couple of other swims. Both fish were around the 5lb mark and caught on straight lead and boilie and pellet. A lovely place to spend some time in autumn.

2 Barbel

River low and clear but weather very mild and cloudy so did not know what to expect. Turned out to be a very good afternoon with barbel to 9lb-3oz on pellet and feeder. However, they switched off early and I caught a solitary chub in the last hour and a half. Just the same a great session on a lovely stretch of the Wye.

5 Barbel, 1 Chub

All fish came in the last hour as light was going.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Ty-Newydd at its most picturesque on this mild, autumnal day. Heavy nymphing between Gravelly Pool and Bachawy brook resulted in steady catches throughout the middle part of the day. Mostly small and medium sized fish but with one out of season Trout topping a pound. At one point, fishing a team of three nymphs MT had two fish on the same cast. Not that unusual except on this occasion a ‘mixed brace’ one a Grayling and the other a Trout - there should be a name for that!

A couple of Salmon provided an acrobatic side show. The (temporary) gate arrangement near Bathing Pool is something of a ‘death trap’.

7 Trout, 13 Grayling

A pleasant, dry and warm day for the time of year. Four good size grayling taken on dry fly.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling

Great day at Foy Bridge, 6 good chub and 8 small Barbel all on the float. River very low.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low and clear,only one bite 5lb 10oz 0730hrs - 1800hrs

1 Barbel

Fished morning at Lower Glanwye and afternoon at the Rocks. All quiet on the surface except for two salmon in the Lower Cabin and two smaller salmon showed at top of Rocks. Good to see and hope they get to where ever and do their stuff. Grayling wise six off Lower Glanwye, small , biggest 8 inches. Not so many off Rocks,only two, but one 16 inches. All fell to a light brown hackled, purple body, pink tail weighted size 14 (sorry name unknown as self tied )fished under an a bung.

6 Grayling

10 x Grayling, 7 x oos Trout and 2 x grilse 1x 3lb 1x5lb.

2 Salmon, 7 Trout, 10 Grayling

Overcast day on this picturesk beat, river as low as I have seen it at this time of year. Five fingerling Grayling and one 11 inch out of season WBT caught on a Copper John weighted nymph on a Tenkara Rod.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling