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Nil return

Very low and clear water, plus sunny day didn't work for us. Just few bites and two chub after 5 pm, that's all.

2 Chub

Fished beat 5, as instructed by Terry Ward and never had a bite after six/seven hours.Bit disappointed as we traveled many miles with hope that my friend and I would be put in an area with at least a small chance of catching a fish.

The night before fishing was very cold so probably affected catches. The Chub was around 3lb and was caught trotting with maggots in the shallower weedy section. The Barbel was around 7lb and caught on pellet. My fishing companion was fishing the deeper water and caught nothing. One canoe went through at about 4:45. The venue was beautiful and it was a joy to be out on the bank.
Please note: There was another vehicle above the Middle Court stretch at the end of the field and it appeared that the person did tackle up before the vehicle (Silver and Blue Pick up truck) moved on.
WUF Note: this would have been a salmon angler fishing the Goodrich Court beat

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

What a brilliant low water beat. From Slaughter crib to Biblins run is a sequence of dreamy fly water with lies a plenty. When you finish one pool, another appears before you. Both fish took a size 8 Bann shrimp, the first a hen of around 8lb from the tail of the channel in Botchers rock, the second was my smallest Wye salmon. A little cock grilse of around 3lb that was lying were the Biblins run splays out across the channel. There were trout on the lip of every pool keen to eat the salmon fly and a couple were well over the pound.

Went down and gave the steady water in the middle a cast after. Plenty showing in this section but no takes. The 2 coarse fisherman were both fishing the sliding ground and both very polite and nice.

Did not see a single canoe. All walkers were nice and both salmon had an audience.

2 Salmon, 5 Trout

Conditions were tough with low, clear and cold water and it was well after lunch before we got any response. Three barbel and five chub came in a two hour spell mid-afternoon before the river completely switched off as the temperatures dropped. It stayed dry but a stiff NE wind certainly made it feel more like October than of late.

3 Barbel, 5 Chub

only fished for two hours due to appointment, but several salmon showing.

Flyfishing with dry flies (CDC Olive 18). The grayling and trouts size between 35cm and 45cm.

10 Trout, 7 Grayling

12lb coloured fish.

1 Salmon

8 x grayling 12-18 inches, 10 x out of season trout 10-19 inches, on dry flies Grayling Steel Blue and John Storey size 16 and 18. A bright day, slightly warmer, with the river low and clear (0.35 at Cilmery) which meant that grayling had evacuated some of the more shallow runs. A slow morning, but after lunch fish began rising in fast water to hatching pale wateries and there were a busy couple of hours. Out of season trout, including a heavy one, unfortunately still forward on the feeding lies in many pools.

8 Grayling