Feedback & Reports

Fished from about 6pm until dusk, with most of the action between 9pm - 10pm after a very hot day.
Trickles of uprights throughout the evening, fish were caught on cdc emerges and DHE.

6 Trout

(Evening only) 3 fat, strong fish of 14-15" during extensive evening rise at 9-10pm, on Jingler(14) and Grey Wulff (12). Plenty of fish, and healthy ones, evidently in there; but quite hard to match the rise, even in late evening

3 Trout

A lovely few hours on the beat I learned to Flyfish on (I calculated it to be 46 years ago- gulp…). A perfect warm spring day in the Monnow valley. In truth the river was pretty low and had missed the quite substantial rise the Usk had had over the previous few days. I was only able to fish from late morning to mid afternoon and I know from experience the evening would be much better. Anyone fishing over this BH weekend would do well to prioritise 5pm onwards. A trickle of Mayflies was coming off but not in the quantities I know this best produces. Olives, yellow mays and some caddis too. There were a few rising fish which obliged but all under a pound. I know there are (much) bigger ones, not least because I bumped into Monnow guru Patrick Lloyd by The Bell and he showed me the recent photos…. I spent my few hours remembering fishing the beat with my late father and grandfather and countless family picnics and expeditions, and my own son catching a trout there. And I cast dry flies to rising trout on a perfect Spring day on the Monnow. It doesn’t get better.

2 Trout

A beautiful beat, in a stunning position. A v wet and cold day, but lots of activity on the surface to olives and big olive mayflies. Well maintained as well.

1 Trout

Two rods fished from 1pm till 8pm. Some fish rising in afternoon. Couple of takes on parachute adams. Late afternoon very quiet. cool breeze and 11/12 degrees.

Lovely day just didn’t land any fish.

1 Grayling

6 OOS Grayling caught nymphing. A blustery sunny day, no rises, river low and clear. A great beat, goood access and easy wading. KM Hereford.

6 Grayling

The weather was certainly better than the day before at Penpont still a bit of a breeze but not to much of an issue down on the river bed. Very sunny so that took the chill off.

First time back here for a few years , and it seems a lot less of the beat is accessible. A lot of severe bank erosion on the rh side in the middle section, where I thought discretion was the better part of valour, and the left hand is very overgrown in places.

Beautiful day but no fish, no hatch and no visible activity.

Two tugs all day. Nothing to hand. Good chat with a fellow angler. Lovely stretch of water