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I’ll be honest , I was told to fish for the table today since a meal, which would benefit from a nice grayling , was to be prepared. I chose Aberbwtran because I know there are some decent fish there and it is one of the beats that has a 2 fish bag. Always difficult and really tricky wading but a really lovely place. First one, 16 inches from the big pool to a barbless hares ear nymph and the other two 10 and 12 inches to a rusty Klinkhammer at bottom of the beat. Only took one home!

3 Grayling

Overnight frost, bright sun all day, low clear water. Thats my excuses for a tough day. I started in the bottom field and as expected failed to find any fish willing to feed, however a move back up to the island area in the faster water brought some interest and a hard fighting Barbel of 6lb 4ozs obliged mid afternoon. This was followed by a slightly smaller Barbel and finally a Chub of about 2 1/2lb as the light started to fade.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

First hard frost of the autumn. River running at 1ft 9in, clear but with a lot of leaves. Fish hard to find. Ended up with 9 grayling, all between 8" and 10". Nine on gab and one on nymph. Was too fast to wade Abernant Stream so gave that a miss this time.

9 Grayling

Arrived to a ground frost this was followed by unbroken sunshine all day, a lovley day to be out on the riverbank however the fish didn't seam to have the same appreciation for the conditions, river was low & clear. One Barbel & Chub caught during the afternoon & a supper condition 8lb Barbel put in an appearance last cast just as the last of the daylight faded. Always a pleasure to be on the Wye

2 Barbel, 1 Chub

Unfortunately, I only managed to fish this for a couple of hours first thing in the morning, I wanted to come back later in the day, but was sadly unable to make it :( Didn't see or touch any fish while I was there, shied away from a few good spots due to wading difficulty, water was running quite well and I didn't have a wading staff. Looked like some great water though, will try again when I'm next in the area!

A great beat, with a broad range of water - and so much of it that one would be hard pushed to do it justice in a day. A beautiful church at the downstream end of the beat,and a series of gorgeous pools, riffles, run and gutters. Several salmon seen jumping throughout that day too.
Two grayling caught and released on nymphs in deeper sections. Two fingerling trout also caught and released not included in count.

2 Grayling

Lost a good fish in head of bridges pool while nymphing. Access to river on top beat could be better provisions could be put in place for easier access/egress. Other than that nice beat will be back.

A beautiful autumn day in the Irfon valley.
Fished from 12.00 to 15.00 with french leader and 2 nymphs.
4 Grayling 6 to 10 inches all took a green shrimp pattern.

4 Grayling

Lost two barbel today. One near the net. Caught a nice chub of 4lb at dusk. Weather colder than of late.

1 Chub