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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.

2 Grayling

A tough days fishing, very bright and warm.
From the banks could see good numbers of healthy trout but getting close to them without spooking was a tough ask.
Landed one on a dry fly

1 Trout

Trout , was taken on a nymph . length 4" appprox. Water was low with warm weather.

1 Trout

No sign of any fish rising - a little cold. Did hook a couple but failed to land them.

There wasn't a sign of any fish, albeit that any which lurked undetected within the arc of my casts would almost certainly have been perfectly safe.

Still a lovely stretch of river though.