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Two small trout caught and returned. Ambitious as they were on a 12'6" salmon rod on stoats tail. Water low.
I am impressed with the Foundations web setup. It works very well - thank you.

2 Trout

Cold and wet morning but warmer later in the day. Lost one big fish on a sedge and 3 or 4 other smaller trout swirled at the fly without taking. Otherwise nothing on nymphs and Klinks. Little fly life seen. Lovely stretch of water and worth a visit later in the year.

Eleven trout, 10-16 inches, at least the same again on/off long range releases. Down stream wet fly. River coloured in the morning but clean by 1pm. Very little fly life or rising fish. Last fished this water about 30 years ago - the river has changed very little! Discovered the odd boulder mentioned in the beat description but failed to make a detour - had a 'dunk in the drink'- luckily just as I was about to finish for the day. A good Spring day's fishing.

11 Trout

Sunny day but a cool wind. Little fly life due to breeze. All fish caught on grhe and several missed. A good day for this time of year on a lovely beat.

4 Trout

All returned.

4 Trout

12 x trout 8-16 inches, spiders. A mostly cloudy day as a weak front came over, with a very cold and blustering downstream wind. The river is still pretty full. Nothing at all seen hatching for most of the time (although the previous evening, the A40 at Monmouth bridge was covered with migrating grannom, on their way upstream or to Gloucester, not sure which). However, it seems the trout were scanning the surface too, and a few modest ones were prepared to come up for a team of spiders fished blind through the runs. Mid-afternoon, a very few march browns came off and I was able to get a couple of decent fish on a pool tail.

12 Trout

Glorious day !
Arrived around 10.00am, fished the duo from the parking area to the bottom of the sewage pool. Looked very fishy but fish thought otherwise. Tried some deep nymphing in the bottom pool, no luck.
Then fished the duo in the stretch near the bottom fence enclosed by two outcrops of bed rock. 5 fish in 2 hours lost 2 landed 3, all on a ptn below a Klink. Very lively fish, all around 10oz. Stockies?
Nothing that could be described as a hatch, and no fish seen rising to the occasional fly that did come off the water.
I Lost my Gerber multi tool at or near the parking area, maybe on the bank when making a brew. If anyone finds it please advise W&U.
Thanks to Alison for her normal excellent service!

4 Trout

2 Trout

Four fish hooked, 2 (WBT 10" & 16") caught; river very coloured from overnight rain. Should have claimed a wash off, after a very long drive and the thought of a wasted journey. I decided to fish the seams close to the bank where the water started to clear. Access to clearer water approx 200 metres remainder coffee coloured and unfishable. Fished PTN and GRHE on long leader and tippet 16ft all fish caught on PTN.

WUF note - Wash-offs are issued at the descression of the Foundation and owners when the river is deemed completely unfishable. Given conditions and that 4 fish were hooked and 2 caught, unfortunately a wash off would not have applied here.

2 Trout

A very heavy and lengthy burst of rain during the early morning was not welcome!
On arrival the river looked high and fast, but 'fishable', so in I went. During the morning I watched the river rise quite rapidly and with that came lots of debris, changing the water from being relatively clear to the colour of coffee.
I pressed on but saw no fish and caught nothing - but this is still a wonderful beat to spend a day on!
Be back in a few weeks.