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Slightly coloured 9lb hen fish on a Bann Shrimp.

1 Salmon

33 inch fish for J Gooch to an Ally's Shrimp,a second large fish lost.

1 Salmon

Good flush of water has helped fish move up river autumn colours now showing hen fish 8lbs

1 Salmon

Great day at the river. Lost count of fish caught. Was about 15 or more. Lovely beat with lot of riffles which is exactly what I was planning on fishing today due to hot weather. All fish caught on GRHE and black evil weevil. Definitely one of the favourite beats on my list.

15 Trout

Approx 2 ft of water on river and dropping. Little coloured but fining down.
Note that the gate padlock code is correct for both gates but the locks are fiddly and stiff so it takes some patience to open them.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Over the years, at one time or another, I must have fished just about every yard of the Lugg from Eyton up to Presteigne. Prime Grayling water throughout but, if you are looking for the Grayling sweet-spot, look no further than Lyepole. Arrived de bonne heure; to find a very low river (to use Harry Redknapp football-speak, it was down to its bare bones). In spite of the low level, the Grayling were really having it today; with, seemingly, a Grayling hitting the nymph every time the nymph hit the water. Fish from just about every run I fished; usually 2 or 3 fish from the run and, occasionally, 5 or 6 fish from the run. Mostly fish in the 8-10 inch bracket, with a handful at 12 inches plus.
One of those days where I am tempted to sandbag low in terms of what I report but, we are all friends here (are we not?). 3 dozen Grayling it shall be then. All on a tungsten Endrick Spider. Curiously, just a solitary Trout.
Tres bonne.

1 Trout, 36 Grayling

River high and coloured, though falling. Weather mild but not too bright. Seemed perfect, but despite trying three swims could catch only chub until 7.30 pm when the barbel eventually came on to feed in my right bank swim not far from bridge. Large tackle-robbing snag in swim opposite!

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

Found myself in the area for work so thought I'd drop into this beat which I'd never fished before. I usually fish the Monnow beats a valley or two over, and I was really surprised at how different this river was - bigger and much faster with plenty of water tumbling over rocks and boulders, a real mountain stream. Saw one or two fish rise in the slower sections and there was a bit of a hatch going on, exactly what was hatching I've no idea though. Caught 4 nice fish around the 10" - 12" size on a small size 16 DHE in the heads of pools and maybe half a dozen tiny wee trout in the faster runs. All in all a lovely few hours.

4 Trout

River running with 2ft on and clear. Good results reported from visiting anglers with barbel and chub in first class condition.

9 Barbel, 12 Chub