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River highly coloured and unfishable due to overnight rain. No fish. A beautiful spot and will visit again. Please may I claim a wash out?

Well what a cracking stretch of river the fishing started off slow not a touch on halibut pellet but all changed when luncheon meat was on. The best chub of 6lb was my new pb and made my day. We will be definitely going back there cheers

Overnight rain caused problems so only a few fish were caught. We managed only one Grayling between us, 35 Dace, 8 Chub and one Brown Trout.

Mornings fishing produded 3 Pike, 8lb, 12lb and a beautiful 3llb 10oz female on dead bait.

43 x grayling 8-15 inches, 1 x chub about 5 pounds, 17 x out of season trout 7-14 inches, long trotting. A cold (6 degrees) dark day with a seemingly permanent mist hanging in the Wye valley ended in rain at dusk. The river was running high but clear, as it has all week, the level coming down very, very slowly. Grayling seemed to be properly on the feed and there are no complaints from me now about their fighting qualities in a strong current. Most of these were junior class fish around 11-13 inches, but a few of the larger ones just failed to make 16 inches. Two days before, I fished the Pwll y Faedda beat which is just downstream, and this also fished very well for grayling with the trotting rod. Generally I like to see the Llanstephan gauge at 18 inches or below for the fly rod in winter. That suggested level is mainly a matter of access (and safety, I suppose). At higher levels than that, the trotting rod is generally a better option on those beats which allow it, provided you can get into a position to cover fish. The easy wading at Abernant is usually a good bet in high water.
Generally speaking, now we have reached mid-November, I don't think the 2012 autumn of grayling fishing will go down as one of the best... and by autumn grayling fishing I mean top of the water sport with dries and spiders and the like. There were good days here and there which some people managed to capitalise on, but not so many opportunities as one flood came after another. We are still getting a few large dark olives hatching after lunch, but consequent rises have been very brief and I expect the fish will probably stay down for most of the time now.
What has really impressed me this week is the number of salmon in the river. I spend a lot of winter days on the main stem of the Wye and I cannot remember a year when so many have been showing - every 5 minutes or so one comes up with a noisy splash, in the usual places and also in some new ones. In the higher water this week I had the impression that upstream movement was still going on slowly. It wouldn't be a bad thing if the rain would stop for a bit now. And a good period of frost, I suppose, will start off the spawning process to round up what has been memorable year for salmon on the Wye.

A damp day but most enjoyable, five trout count in lovely condition and colour. Unfortunately no grayling.

Not one bite. With relative low water this beat proved difficult on the day as the river appeared relatively lifeless.

Dank overcast day, no breeze & clear river (what am I going to use as an excuse!!!! maybe the Otters Holt at the far end of the beat!). Worked my way back from the far end of the beat upstream without success. Reached the section just below the Bridge where fish were rising caught 1 out of season WBT 9" and missed several others.

Turned up to find the river totally void of life. Just the way I like it! Started at the top end and managed a 4lb chub after an hour using a boilie bait I'm testing for a mate. I then worked my way down each swim using my trusted free running ledger approach finishing on 3 chub and 5 barbel, the biggest just tipping 9lb. Great days fishing.
Word of caution to those going be careful on the banks as some swims are pretty steep and the mud can be deadly. I nearly ended up on my back a few times.
Cheers for a great day. Hopeful I'll be back very soon.

6 barbel up to 8lbs 5oz and 4 chub up to 5lbs 10oz.