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With very little water in the river it made for an interesting day. 10 fish caught between the three of us, the largest a brownie of 10oz and a grayling of 1lb (all returned). Abernant is a stunning location to spend a days fishing.

6 x Trout. Smallest 6", largest 10"

6 trout up to 11.5 in

4 trout up to 10 ins.

Difficult day with a strong upstream wind. Managed 5 trout 9-12” on CDC Dry Hares Ear. Failed to tempt fish to nymphs but GH Tadpole Black proved to be good choice catching me another 4 WBT and a couple of parrs. Big brownie (4-5lbs) spotted in the depths by the rock. Grayling rising to god-knows-what. Several hours and fifty flies later I hooked one grayling on greenwells glory (winged) #18, second cast – second grayling, third cast – snapped fly on bigger fish and having nothing to replace dry I called it a day.

Dozen trout and OOS grayling to 12". Not a great deal of visible activity but about half fish caught on the surface to small black emerger patterns. A very enjoyable beat.

Three trout to 10". Two grayling 12" each. Two salmon parr.

Nice setting, very low water. 4 small trout (to 7 inches)and a few out of season grayling. Most taken on parachute Adams. Various families skimmming stones from opposite bank and 2 canoeists made an appearance during the afternoon-the joys of a bank holiday weekend in the sun.

Bright, very low, clear and frequently with a wind which was all over the place! A few olives on and off throughout the day and a handful of late morning grannom - no fish taken on pupa emergers. Few fish rising and very hard fishing. We had 25-30 trout and grayling between us, about equally divided by species. Trout small; biggest about 12". Best four grayling 14-15 inches, some 10 inches and the rest smaller. Fish taken on PTN, GRHE and olive nymph patterns, Greenwell's Spider, and hare's ear and olive emergers. Most rising fish taken on emergers and most non-risers taken on the same patterns whilst fishing foam lanes and creases. All fish returned. Bring on the rain ASAP and lots of it!

Another beat recommended by Seth at the Foundation which gave another delightful day's fishing. 21 fish in total, mostly trout with a few grayling. The best trout was around 12". Again, the fish were most active early in the morning with several taken in the water below the Edw pool before the sun really got on the water. But they were feeding fairly steadily through most of the day and always offering a chance.
My wife was busy sunning herself by the river when two very noisy canoeists appeared out of nowhere - they were very politely given the Wye and Usk Foundation approved advice and were not seen again!