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2 trout of about 3/4 pound.

2 Trout

Heavy rain over previous days had coloured the water, however it improved throughout the day. Caught one very small (5") brown trout on a wet Greenwells Glory. Beat itself was very pretty but found that a lot of it couldn't actually be fished due to steep banks and undergrowth. Booking office were very helpful. I was on holiday so couldn't print out the details to leave on windscreen as required, so they contacted the owners of the beat to let them know. Great system for booking fishing - I hope I will be back in the area in the future to use it again.

1 Trout

Water cloudy. Tried nymphs and wets to no avail. Lots of beat was un-fishable due to steep banks and undergrowth. Only small section capable of wading.

Glorious day to be on the river. First time on this beat and I'll confess I was disappointed. While there were a few accessible runs and riffles, in general the access down to the river was very poor. While this is mentioned in the beat description, it is not adequately described. I grew up fishing the Monnow further upstream so am familiar with the river and type of fishing. Many sections here are slow and canal-like. The stile at the first hedge upstream from parking is also in very poor repair. If I was a coarse fisherman, I'd be happier with this beat. No surface activity and only a light hatch. The Skenfrith beat upstream is much better.

Fished between 10.30 am and 3pm. River in great condition. No fish rising to dry fly. One pull on Olive nymph. No fish landed.

2 x grayling, 13 inches, 2 x chub around 3.5 pounds, 2 x out of season trout 12 inches and 15 inches, long trotting. The river was rather more boisterous and rather more coloured than I had hoped, but a few bites came as it fined down after lunch. Every winter I get this idea that it would be nice to take a bag of grayling close to home. Living where I do, this means trying to locate them among other species on lower Wye beats, or on the Monnow. But on the Monnow, where they clearly have lived happily ever since Canon Eagles introduced them (there were some 6 inch grayling parr today), in recent years they have only turned up for me in ones and twos. Other species seem to dominate, even during the winter. Still, it was a good day out in a most beautiful valley.

2 Grayling, 2 Chub

Fished all the promising looking runs with dries and nymphs without success until I'd had enough of the rain and leaking waders. Very few fish rising.

A pleasant day spent nymphing, but no fish. One or two good sized fish observed from the bank, but not in places that it was possible to get in position for. Rose one small fish to a dry.

Weather warm and overcast, river low and clear, not many obvious rises. Late hatch still didn't cause much visible surface activity so fished dry in the faster water on down stream section. Used size 16 Klinkhammer in the main riffles and glides. Missed as many fish as brought to hand. One perfect 12" WBT and a smaller 6". Others were small 4" Graying. Used a 6'6", 3 weight rod. So much fun on light tackle. Access to fishing difficult due to overgrown banks and surrounding fields.

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

No fish to hand today, the dog days of August are well upon us, or me.

River was very quiet with hardly a rise or fish to be seen , fished a dry & wet combo in varying permutations. Spotted a good size eel and thought of running a goldhead past it but then reality kicked in! Plenty of fry in the river and bugs on the stones but spotted a family of mergansers on one of the best pools!

Fresh otter spraints on the rocks and the kingfisher family doing well. A raving series of thunderstorms wiped out any chance of evening action , was still a good day on the river though.