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river at a perfect height, fairly coloured but not horrific. have been determined to get a fish from this beat, but looks like another season may escape me.. always next time.

Beautiful small trout river that is clearly well looked after by the local angling association. There was a pretty good flow of water in the river without being overly turbid. Fished using a duo arrangement (nymph beneath a dry fly). In the morning caught on the nymph (PTN and later replaced with a red tag nymph), then caught trout on the dry fly (elk hair caddis) in the afternoon. Most trout caught between 7 1/2 inch and 10 inch. Fished upstream from Clun Bridge. 1 fish taken; the rest returned.

7 Trout

JH & AB fished the Craig Llyn beat for, maybe , some end of season brown trout, dry fly being the preferred choice, we were left wanting. A Grayling succumbed to what is regarded as a trout fly changed our pursuit of the spotty ones and seven ladies fell to the Grayling Steel Blue in the latter part of the afternoon. AB netted the pick of the bunch with a 19/20" fish. Hmmph !

7 Grayling

No fish caught.

2 Trout

Thought I would try the Ithon as the Wye was still high, but it was also high, fast & coloured - lucky to hook 1 good grayling on a nymph from a slower glide under an overhanging tree, c. 22" & est. 2lb + - good fish for this stretch. Put up a strong fight on a 15' Tenkara rod with lots of aerial action, but successfully landed & returned.

1 Grayling

Two trout caught on small bead-head nymphs on the edge of the fast water. One trout on dry fly (grey klinkhamer) later in the day. Plenty of rises later on but difficult to reach. The river was quite high and fairly colored - good conditions.

3 Trout

6 Trout

4 Trout

Despite a grey sky and some occasional driving rain Middle Hill Court always remains beautiful and spectacular.
The water level was extremely high and worryingly cold but looked fishable which clearly makes this a popular Autumn venue.We enjoyed some steady sport throughout the day and managed to catch 5 Barbel and 9 Chub all of which were a good size and fought hard.The best Barbel was a touch over 7lb and the pick of the Chub was 5lb 8oz.
Swims are limited on this venue which is a shame because when the water level is high there would only appear to be 2 or 3 swims available which naturally is going to put a lot of pressure on them and and make fishing more difficult as the season progresses.

5 Barbel, 9 Chub