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3 x WBT all below 6". Missed 4 more, all to K'hammers. Difficult within wooded areas, otherwise an excellent location on probably one of the best days of the year for weather.

Sunny day. Caught 5 grayling on wets.

Caught one 12oz brown trout, size 16 Dark Olive dry fly.

A wonderful day on an excellent beat. Started fishing mid morning with nymphs, Czech style, however nothing doing. The river was running crystal clear making what is normally challenging wading somewhat easier. At midday there was a hatch and a few fish started to rise, I switched to dry fly, the "OB" Red tag (thank you Oliver) and the first fish was a 17 inch Grayling. The rise was very small but, as often with the Ladies, underneath was a large fish.
The occasional upstream breeze put a temporary stop to the rises. Two more Ladies fell to the Red Tag, one almost as large as the first. Then all of a sudden they lost interest and it was only after a change of fly to a Grey Duster that another fish was taken. The rises stopped at about 4pm as is a tap had been turned off !
Returned to Nymphing but no interest. Stopped fishing at 6pm
So a total of four Grayling to the hand, with four more hooked and lost after a tussle, a great day!
A BIG Thank you to Seth for his, as usual, very helpful advice.

New to the Foundation and these waters. Beautiful day. Sadly no fish so glad to see other blanks reported!

Beautiful end of season day with cold start but warm sun. A short session saw a few rising fish with only one stupid enough to accept my offerings. Concentrated on images to sustain me in the Winter months ahead!

A beautiful day with the river in fine order. Caught 5 grayling and 3 trout all on the small side. There was a good hatch about 2.30pm of Sedges and slowly the fish began to rise and I caught my few. Half an hour later a big hatch of needle flies occupied the fish entirely and could not get contact. Tried size 18 black thing and as I raised my rod a heavy take broke the fly off. Lesson: small flies fished just below surface might get better results. This is a lovely stretch of the Wye and on this my second visit I began to appreciate just how well keepered it is. Look forward to getting some of those big grayling next time.

Hooked a fish in the spring pool which came straight towards me, when it got level with me it came off! I'd forgotten sometimes they come off! Saw a fish show a couple of times later in the day in the same spot, it was not a 'portmanteau' which was a relief. Had a couple of good pulls in the bridge pool gutter as well, close but no cigar.

A difficult day on Wyebank but non the less enjoyable. Conditions less than ideal with one of the first frosts of the season with temps of 4 degrees on arrival and clear blue skies. I fished the top pool below the island, wading to reach the fishable areas with high hopes of catching chub by trotting a float. My partner in crime headed for the bottom pool with Don's advice echoing in his ears.
Needless to say we retired to The Courtfield Arms for a lunchtime pint to compare disappointing notes with one chub from the bottom pool and two trout from the top! I did manage to catch 3 canoeists (or should that be, they hit me) which did not improve my mood!
I do feel that some degree of competency is required before letting people loose on the river. If I'd been knocked off my 'waded feet' I'd have been trying find dry land some considerable way down stream, if at all.
The day ended with a total of 3 trout and a few dace to the float on maggots and one chub to the feeder and pellet but having walked Courtfield, nobody had caught as much there, so perhaps we should be content!
Thanks to Don and Rudi for there kind advice but ultimately I think the conditions and canoes were against us. We'll be back though.

PS: I did hook "'something' from the top pool, freelining a cube of luncheon meat, which despite making early line on, turned and headed for Monmouth taking all 80 yards of line from my reel and leaving me with a rod and empty spool for contemplation! Ain't no stopping us now sprang to mind!
Don suggested that it may have been something with an 'adipose fin' shall we say, who am I to argue as I've never felt a pull like it!