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I wanted to fit in a trip to the Wye before the cold weather set in but apart from the pleasure of being on the river, there isn't much to report. The water looked good and I fished six hours with various baits but the fish refused to respond. A frost the previous night seems to have killed things off and I blanked. Happy Christmas to all at WUF and thanks for some excellent fishing during 2013.

Fished the first 2 pegs on the right bank, used a wide range of baits (from maggots to pellets). Only caught 2 chub on maggots. River was low and clear.

2 Chub

Deadbaiting for pike, 1 pike taken early morning approx 9lbs and no other runs etc through out rest of the day. Thanks WUF for the good booking in system.

1 Pike

How often does it happen that you catch a decent fish in the first few casts and think that you are in for a good day!
Third cast, a nice 13 inch Lugg Grayling then had to wait another hour and a half before the next fish which was much smaller.
Ended the day with 3 Grayling, two being very small, all taken in faster water on a pink shrimp. I couldn't find the pods of fish. A big Otter seen fishing just below the top wier. A lovely clear, and crisp day on the Lugg, river clear but running quite fast.

3 Grayling

Well I thought I had chosen the venue well, cracking beat to look at! Fished nymph the few hours I was there to no success whatsoever. Huge amount of fly life on the water but nothing coming up at all even in the shallow pools. Total blank I'm afraid.

No fish but great to be out.

Pike fishing with dead-baits, 1 pike hooked and lost at the net, approx 8lbs and 2 runs dropped, maybe from the same fish. River condition clear, level good. Thank you Adam Fisher for our chat and it was good to meet you. Thanks also to WUF staff and the easy booking in system.

1 x grayling 13 inches, 7 x out of season trout 8-12 inches, leaded wet flies and bugs. We struggled to find the grayling I'm afraid, although what looked like post-spawning trout were very much in evidence. Nothing really wrong with the water or conditions. One coloured salmon showing.

1 Grayling

1 coarse rod,1 winter grayling fly rod. One of those Wye days when it did not happen, perhaps the water colder or the continuous overcast sky? 1 mini grayling in morning and three 1 to 2lb chub late dusk and 1 oos WBT of around 2lb late afternoon to the fly rod. 1st time at Gromain, its big wide water and tricky wading at current level and I had a hard time finding a swim to float fish with good presentation required in this very clear water. Best swim for float found end of day off board at top end of beat on hut side, deep and a bit of gravel around, it produced the chub. A good day to be out though.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling, 3 Chub

40 x grayling 10-15 inches, 6 x out of season trout 8-12 inches, long trotting. A dark, warm day, with the river now at close to ideal levels. It's funny, isn't it, how grayling of a particular size turn up on any given day. These were mostly smaller ones. Only a few weeks ago we were fishing the dry fly and remarking how many 16 inch grayling were on the beat. They all seemed to be that size. Not today.

40 Grayling