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4 brown trout, 10-12inches, caught on a nymph fly pattern, 1 chub caught on a dry fly. Managed to get a few rises in the evening on the dry fly but no catches.

4 Trout, 1 Chub

Lovely beat but little fly or fish activity. Rose several small fish only.

Warm sunny day. Only fished for a couple of hours but fish very willing to take dry flies. Adams & white mayfly accounted for all our catch. Lovely stretch of water which we will hope to revisit.

7 Trout, 2 Chub

My first ever fly-fishing experience. Hot at 25°C and initially sunny conditions. River flowing in a slow to medium flow. Could see the bottom to a depth of 2 feed but water in deeper channels brown and opaque. Only a few rising fish and nothing caught but a good experience in peaceful countryside.

Disappointing level of fly life for the time of year. Hopefully its a one off due to the cold late spring. Few rising fish but those that were active rose well to the fly - Lunns spent gnat for the splashy rise and a small black klinkhammer for the sippers were most effective

8 Trout

River well up and very coloured. Managed to catch a few in the margins. Mayfly and nymph.

2 Trout, 3 Chub

The river was v coloured, v full and turbulent. Wading was nearly impossible. V little chance of catching anything but a branch! I tried! It was lovely if a forlorn hope. I will return when conditions are better.

My first time on this beat. Beautiful place and very easy wading. It was cold and hands froze after a fairly strong shower. Water level good after recent rain. Nothing rising, no sign of trout but some good tugs and caught a couple of small out of season grayling, released intact. Tried duo but downstream wind made this too difficult, reverted to spiders with a nymph on the bottom.

2 Grayling

2 Trout

On the 70 mile drive to beat was half-expecting a wash - off after recent poor weather but the clarity was good and the level was fine for wading. 12 degrees, overcast, no rain and a light breeze.
So it all looked good but despite covering most of the beat's length in five hours' fishing with ptn, perdigon, grhe, jig nymphs and red tags the grayling didn't play ball. Had a couple of bumps where I finished in the bridge pool. No fish to the net.
A year ago Wuf had reported a decline in catches after run off incidents upstream from Skenfrith but the most recent catch returns show decent catches of grayling.
Maybe the four wild swimmers I met in the parking area on arrival had scared them away.