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River low but a number of holding fish in the Vanstone Pool. Hard work to entice to the fly though.

1 small brown trout approx 6 inches.

2 x grayling 14 inches each plus various small trout. A very hard day with almost no rises, so needed to fish a nymph under an indicator.

Good day - 8 grayling to around 2lb, 1 trout. Mostly caught on a red tag dry.

I took an old fishing friend with me yesterday and introduced him to river fishing for Grayling at Ty-Newydd. K.E. is one of Draycote Waters regular top anglers, so I was pleased to initiate him on a day when the Grayling were on form. We lost count of how many we both caught, K on nymphs myself on dries. Sorry I can’t be more specific than that.

Had a fantastic day once again on the Arrow, the conditions were not good, water low and crystal clear, and the fish easily spooked. Fish were rising to fly but were reluctant to take the ones I presented. Caught one trout 8" and 7 grayling on gold head nymphs hook size 14s. Grayling were from 13" to 18" about 1.5 to 3lbs great fish. All fish returned

Once again a beautiful beat, with excellent access to the water. Caught 4 fish, all on nymps. Shame the season has to end. See you next year!

Beautiful stretch of river. Parked by the Church and fished the first two miles of the beat quite extensively. The low water made things very tricky with fishing confined to the heads and tails of pools and riffles. Strangely no trout caught and only a few seen. Small pods of Grayling around under trees and in areas where there was a little current (few and far between). Nonetheless, we had a great time on this lovely beat and landed 11 grayling between our two rods, the largest of which was one and half pounds. We also had a couple of other ones of around a pound and a bunch of little ones.

Well that marks the end of another trout fishing season for me..... better get the vice out and find my seat at the pub which has been empty all summer as I have been on the river...

Thanks to Seth and Simon for there advice and enthusiasm and Alison and Wendy for their friendly and excellent service...

See you next season (or perhaps during the winter for a sneaky grayling fish).

Between 2 rods, 8 x grayling of different sizes plus a small chub and trout. A day with Kim Tribe studying the duo system, during which I invariably struck too early, too late, or too hard. Kim was patient, but I need to practice here.

Another cracking day with 22 Barbel to 7lb (2 rods), mostly to pellet but a couple on garlic sausage. Already can't wait for our holiday next year. Many thanks to WUF for setting up this facility which is both easy to use and informative.