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Lovely stretch for wild browns, good fly hatch, very windy and showers. upper section of the beat full of fallen trees, creating some intersting casting challenges and deep pools

1 Trout

Very hot day. Plenty of fly life but little movement. My son caught a 12" trout on a mayfly.

1 Trout

Fished in evening for a couple of hours to mitigate against brightness, heat and low water. All taken on dries beneath deep tree cover. Costly on flies but rewarded with 5 fish all on medium olives. Fishing tailed off once the rather more expert Mr Otter turned up. A remarkable sight.

5 Trout

Very bright, hot, and the river was low. There were mayfly about, and some trout rising, but they were very choosy and with the conditions, seemed unwilling to eat an artificial fly. The upper part of to beat in the wood is hard going in places, where a machete, if not a chainsaw would be handy! A very pretty stretch of water with some challenging fishing. Given the conditions, I should have stayed until dusk when there might have been more activity.

1 Trout

Perfect conditions today, hardly any wind and mostly overcast. A steady Mayfly hatch all through the day and plenty of other insects hatching as well but few fish rising. Fortunately the ones that did rise were eager to take my fly and I managed to get 10 to the net. Most were good fish in the 10 - 12" range but a few smaller ones as well, all safely returned. All on either a small size 16 DHE variant or sort of Adams.

10 Trout

A lovely beat. A fine day with strong winds. Lots of insect life and mayfly hatches throughout the day. I caught one 8" trout on a mayfly imitation and my son caught a 12" trout in the bridge pool on a Hares Ear type nymph.

2 Trout

After (what seems) like weeks of hot dry weather today was overcast, and there was one hell of a wind, which made casting almost impossible in many places. Had to go with the nymph/Klinkhammer combo, just to be able to get anywhere. A beautiful spot, but the river was low, with only a few really fishable areas. The evidence of the winter we have just had was clear to see. Plenty of big trees down and big exposed gravel banks. I was hoping to fish until dusk, but the wind made me change my plans. Fished from 10.30-6'ish. Five beautiful WBT, one about 6", the rest in the 8-10" region.

5 Trout

5 x trout 6-10 inches, Monnow Gosling. The day was hot and the river very low and clear, but this beat was strangely quiet. Very few fish rising although the odd mayfly was about.+

5 Trout

Very low water and a few spooky fish only. Messed up the one take on a dry I got. Beautiful to be out again and a lovely spot but needs a drop

Following early start on Court of Noke, decided to check out other wild streams that I knew were available. This one was a gem of a find. Though access wasn't the easiest. Short stretch but stunning. Enjoy seeing a few fish rise, though they were easily spooked. Had a nice fish (about 9 inches) in one of the slower sections coming off the rapids. May have been a few more if I hadn't have been clumsy in following cast getting caught in tree proceeded by nearly slipping in. Looking forward to returning to this beat another day. Makes for easy wading once in the water.

1 Trout