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A testing day with 6" more water on Byton gauge than I would have liked. Water was coloured and full of leaves. Fished with two nymphs and ended up with 4 grayling ranging from 4" to 12" and 2 oos wbt of 10" each both of which spent more time in the air than the water. Bite detection a challenge - must have hooked 50 leaves over the day.
Probably last chance to fish this season - roll on the Spring!

2 Trout, 4 Grayling

Hard going after the first frost of the year. Ended with 3 grayling.

3 Grayling

All fish were caught Czech Nymphing (biggest 8oz) from the various deeper pools of this beat. All fish returned.

3 Trout, 5 Grayling

Wonderful afternoons fishing, best trout 14 inches, best grayling 12 inches. Fish feeding on the surface all over the place. Lots of takes, very hard to hook, most fish had on gold head hares ears. Beautiful beat, we will be back.

9 Trout, 8 Grayling

1 trout and 1 grayling on nymph. I grayling on dry klinkhammer. River very low and lots of leaves falling in breeze. All fish under 1lb and carefully returned.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

10 Trout, 16 Grayling

A late afternoons visit to a new venue for me, down what seemed a long and narrow winding road, and the sound of running water on a lovely day, just makes you think sometimes!
Oh yes, the fishing, I wandered down to the start of the beat, and as normal managed to catch a few trees with my eagerness, and started to think about what I was doing and then got into the groove. Lots of fishy looking swims, but not many rising, so I started on weighted flies, but alas, no joy.
I stopped at the bridge and had a think, and in the distance there was a couple of rises, I couldnt tempt these two guys so kept wading upstream, I was just negotiating a fallen tree, and spotted anoter rise the other side of the tree, now that was not an easy place to cast to. On went the home tied dry fly with a nice hackle, one cast and nicely positioned, and YES one 7" trout hooked, what a delight. Can it get any better, worked hard for that one, one my own fly, perfect rise and take.
It's not how many for me, it's the pleasure of being out and about in such amazing places. WUF, thanks for the maintanance done on this beat, it made things really easy to negotiate.

1 Trout

It’s been far too long since I have driven through the Teme Valley, so my day was already made as I snaked my way through the mist-shrouded valley, just starting to put on her autumn colours. Is there a finer place in the World?
Lyepole certainly runs it close. As a previous report said, the silence is deafening, aside from the calls of the buzzards and ravens that were wheeling above the forest in the keen breeze that sprung up in the afternoon.
The river itself is a joy to fish, with more than enough pools and glides in its mile for a full day and numerous Dippers, Kingfishers and Wagtails to keep you company. It was very low and clear, so steady, careful wading was the order of the day…which may explain why I spooked more than I caught, especially in the glide running up to the weir.
Without wishing to plagiarise NS from Martley, I too had something of a red-letter day with my first double hook-up and my first 2lb Grayling. I didn’t manage the hat-trick of one on a dry, though, as I had decided to set my stall out and fish Czech Nymph style. Had I fished a dry and/or upstream nymph, I am convinced I would have caught more, especially on those glides.
Fish were caught equally on the point fly and both droppers. Preference appeared to be for drab, sparsely dressed nymphs over the more brightly coloured ones. However, the majority of takes came when I induced a bit of life into the drift rather than dead drifting.
Access and wading were both easy enough and many thanks to Seth in the Booking Office for his help. Oh, and thanks too to AM of Dorridge for “marking my card” – good man.

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

A little perturbed to find TWO anglers on the upstream section of this beat (above the bridge) on arrival!!!
Shortly after arrival the owner turned up on the other bank and I heard her tell the other two they had to move upstream of the weir or I might get upset!!!!!!! Anyway, after resting things for an hour or so I started fishing and ended up with, for me, a red letter day!!! 3 firsts!
First double hook up resulting in 2 grayling in the net at the same time. First Grayling on a dry fly. First 2lb Grayling! This is a milestone fish for me, have been trying to catch a 2lber for the last 18 months! Finished up with 8 Grayling and 2 Trout and left a happy chap!

2 Trout, 8 Grayling

River needs a good flush through. Lots of twitches to sunken orange head nymph only two connected to - one decent grayling and then another. Nothing more till late as I cast back prior to straighten line. Must have landed on head of 1lb trout which made the day.. Enjoyed the silence for 5 hours that fled past.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling