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Excellent days fishing with 6 rainbow trout, which were kept for the table and 2 brownies, which were returned.

Started at 19.30, it was looking promising as the evening sun picked out clouds of dancing spinners the hung over the river, but very little was rising. Picked up 1 on a klinkhammer and 1 on nymph from a far bank seam.

By 8pm the rise was getting going as a large fall of sherry spinners took place. The fish were rising in bursts, 1 would rise 10 times in 30 seconds and then take a break for a couple of mins. No ginger quills in box but a #16 F-fly brought 14 more to hand. No whoppers but most quality fish from 13" to 15". A couple of the 'small fish' rises were actually from small fish!

Got out at 21.30 when the slowly leaking waders finally filled up, and the fingers had turned to prunes. Fish were still rising but it was tailing off having peaked about 20.45.

No salmon caught
1 Trout
1 Pike
Water very coloured from run off the farm land but we fished anyway despite potential to call wash out. Adam Fisher(guide) very helpful. Very few salmon seen. For those fishing the fly on this beat the banks require a spey cast mainly.

A warm day with clouds of upwings and sedges on the wing suggested a good evening rise that did not materialise. Indeed, most frustratingly, we saw less than a score of fish rise over the entire day. Perhaps the bright sunshine and low water temperature resulting from the recent cool weather had something to do with it?

Nevertheless, resorting to nymphing the deeper pools, we extracted (and carefully returned) a dozen or more trout and grayling, including a handful of beautifully marked, hard-fighting, brownies in the 1-2 lb bracket.
Undisputed highlight of the day however was AW's magnificent 2 lb 8 oz grayling - well done mate!

2 Brown Trout (4oz) caught on dry fly. Marvellous location, beat description very good.

The 3 mile drive to the river - we stopped at the Riverside Inn at Aymestrey - a big improvement on the normal slog along the M5/A44. That said, our plans for an early start were scuppered by getting stuck behind a party of 8 ramblers from Bristol over breakfast (who's day on Friday had not got off to the best of starts on account of half of them meeting up at Kington while the other half decided to rendezvous at Knighton).

Possibly a case of being a couple of days too late with a low and clear river on a very hot day. 2 small grayling on Olive Emergers from the top of the beat but, come mid-morning, too hot and too bright for serious fishing.
Not helped by a leaking wader - a split seam and not down to that oh so awkward fence. A better grayling on PTN from one of the deeper runs followed by a picnic on the bank. Fishing wise, so far not so good but, watching a Tree Creeper over lunch and my wife spotting a "woodpecker"
(which turned out to be a Blackbird) compensation enough.

A better hatch pm - including a few Mayfly - but not much surface activity. 2 more Grayling and a small Brown on Copper John's and back to the Riverside Inn for a few beers and the chance to put the world to rights.

This is the third time I have fished Lyepole in the last few weeks. Interestingly, with the exception of the top weir, I have yet to catch in any pool/run where I had caught on a previous trip.

Incidentally, I had the morning on the Riverside Inn water on Sunday as the landlord's guest. I only fished for a couple of hours but put 3 good trout (1 lb plus) a decent Grayling and a couple of smaller fish on the bank - all
on a size 14 beaded GRHE.

Fished in the evening but none caught, just one lost!

8 trout all on small dries - grey wulffs, gulpers, klinkhammers, small mayfly dun. Another lovely day.

7 trout all returned, 1 grayling about 1lb. We stayed at the Severn Arms - very nice. Thanks for providing super beats.

(4 rods).

6 trout all small none larger than 3/4 lb I was only dry fly fishing so all caught on small dries 16/18 grey wulff - parachute adams - klinkhammers. Beautiful stretch of river lovely day. Hard going as fish were never rising freely. Any fish that did rise, however, were not difficult to catch.

Stayed at Trephilip Farm near Sennybridge. Excellent friendly B/B Great Breakfast. Fishing great value for money. Back next year. Thanks.