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Conditions looked possible so I went in hope rather than expectation. A 5lb cock fish on the fly was a surprise but a pleasing reward for optimism.
Add to that; a couple of shad which I thought were Salmon takes, (I hadn't realised Shad ran so far up the river),a mid afternoon pair of decent trout and two OOS Grayling on nymphs. All made a fascinating day of 4 species.

Fished the afternoon to mid-evening. Following what has proved to be a very rare event so far this season, the river was up and coloured after Thursday's rain (but cleared somewhat after 6p.m. to permit some safer wading in the tail of the top section). Pretty windy, as usual this month, and not too much fly about apart from a few yellow mays throughout the afternoon and into the evening, although seemingly too few for fish to be interested in real or artificial YM emergers. Some E. danica mayfly from late afternoon, and more fly in the evening including what appeared to be some pale wateries/spurwings, and BWOS and sherry spinners - but fish showed little enthusiasm to rise - basically just a few oncers. Ten trout to 12 inches and five grayling to 13" taken on flashback HE nymph, super pupa, reed smut and a larger black F Fly. Oh and one shad of about 1.5lb on the nymph! Please Mr Weatherman, help the gardeners, farmers and fisherman and bring on some real rain ASAP and lots of it!

Slightly more sheltered; but wind cold and upstream. 3 trout & 1 grayling all 10-12 inches. Packed in when the drizzle set in for the evening. Lovely stretch, with a good variety of water.

Today this beat was very easy to wade, quite a contrast from my last visit when the Wye was in full flow!

Cloudy, blustery day. Given the amount and variety of fly life hatching off - olives, grannom, sherry spinners, Mayfly (several varieties), it was surprising there were very few fish rising. So another day nymphing.

First cast yielded a 3lb out of season chub. Like pulling a welly boot out on a 4wt rod! A few minutes later a pristine 12" shad was caught and safely returned. I think this is the prettiest river fish I have seen, even surpassing a grayling for beauty. Normal service then resumed with around 15 wbt shared between 2 rods. Most in the 5"-7" class, the best around 10". Weighted olive nymph best performing fly.

Cracking day on a really top beat.

5 grayling, 3 trout.

A very difficult downstream wind blowing for most of the morning. Although a superb days fishing had. A slow start - but by 11.30am trout moving to some hatching Mayfly etc. One rod caught 32 Trout and out of season Grayling (nearly all trout maybe 7 Grayling) and the other had 8 Trout. Some good size trout caught up to 18".

Saw one very large Trout move agressively to take something in the margins under the trees, with a very impressive bow wave left. Also nearly trod on a very large Grayling on the gravel runs that moved away at a fair speed. Excellent day enjoyed even if a little windswept!

1 x 4lb sewin (sea trout) and 2 x 3lb Chub caught by A.D. Trout caught at the start of the beat, the Chub in the pools by the rocks at the far end of the beat. 13 x Brown Trout of sizes 3/4lb to 2lb caught in the central part of the river.
WUF Note: a photo has confirmed this was almost certainly a sewin that had been in the river for a couple of weeks.

Fished pm and early evening. Inclement weather including rain and high wind meant hatches lasted minutes. One fish each caught, one small brown and one brown of approx 12 inches, to nymph and klink respectively. River had autumnal debris, presumably due to slight rise and debris blown on to water. The odd fish was rising, but klink brought fish up.

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"