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Great day at Foy Bridge, 6 good chub and 8 small Barbel all on the float. River very low.

8 Barbel, 6 Chub

River low and clear,only one bite 5lb 10oz 0730hrs - 1800hrs

1 Barbel

Fished morning at Lower Glanwye and afternoon at the Rocks. All quiet on the surface except for two salmon in the Lower Cabin and two smaller salmon showed at top of Rocks. Good to see and hope they get to where ever and do their stuff. Grayling wise six off Lower Glanwye, small , biggest 8 inches. Not so many off Rocks,only two, but one 16 inches. All fell to a light brown hackled, purple body, pink tail weighted size 14 (sorry name unknown as self tied )fished under an a bung.

6 Grayling

10 x Grayling, 7 x oos Trout and 2 x grilse 1x 3lb 1x5lb.

2 Salmon, 7 Trout, 10 Grayling

Overcast day on this picturesk beat, river as low as I have seen it at this time of year. Five fingerling Grayling and one 11 inch out of season WBT caught on a Copper John weighted nymph on a Tenkara Rod.

1 Trout, 5 Grayling

O.k, arrived about midday to find a hired van parked in the usual parking space and sure enough there was 2 guys fishing with all the gear with no tickets, not impressed! They packed up and guessing they probably been fishing here all week along with the foreign speaking fisherman in the last feedback . Having fished about 10 different beats I haven't seen any bailiffs or private WUF signs at all which I think is a must to deter people from abusing these lovely beats. Sorry to have a moan but my local club has this in place and it works. Anyway, caught some nice big chub on meat in nice clear water conditions.
WUF Note: We were very sorry to hear about this experience. Coming across poachers is, unfortunately, a risk on any fishery, however many signs are put up. There is little that can be done about these incidents several days afterwards. We therefore urge anglers to call the EA/NRW incident line (0800 80 70 60) immediately if you come across people fishing illegally or without permission. If the incident is on a Passport beat, please also report it to us as soon as you can on 01874 712074. If you feel threatened in any way, please call the police on 101 or 999. Advice on poaching incidents is given in the “What To Do Guide” issued with every booking.

4 Chub

grayling 8-14 inches and 3 small trout. size 10 grey duster parachute and 14 Waterhen Bloa, cast to rising fish. Great few hours.

3 Trout, 15 Grayling

River fairly low but another great late October day. Many small grayling coming to a size 18 Griffiths Gnat and a Para Dun kindly given to me another angler. Picked up 4 good Grayling later on from the tail of the pools on a hotspot PTN, biggest around 16 inches and a good out of season trout. Learning more every time I fish the upper Wye from other fisherman and my own experience. I look forward to next year.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

Fished the bottom of the wood and field below, started on the float with bread before putting some bait in for barbel. Did not have a single bite off anything on any of the swims I tried. River low and clear.

Great to be back on this beat and only fished the morning. Started by the Lower Planks but found the fish up in the faster water of Bachawy Pool. It was slow to start with but by 12 o#clock they were rising well, all fish taken on size 16 brown Klinkhammer. Brown seems to be in favour this year and the normally productive Grayling Steel Blues stayed in the box! I would just echo OB's comment in his report that grayling seem to come in cycles and the fish seem to be smaller this year, most of them around the 10" mark. I have every faith that they will soon grow to be the specimens that we come to expect on this glorious river.

8 Grayling