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Very hot and river very low but in surprisingly good condition - clear. Too hot to tempt fish during day but come 9pm, for an hour or so, fish were keen to participate. All caught in streamy water. Best 2lb. Classic evening's sport.

10 Trout

After weeks of hot weather and no rain I knew that it wouldn’t be a good time to fish… but I had a free day… you know how it is. Slightly overcast compared to the last few weeks of blue skies. Muggy, but not too bad, but the stream was (as to be expected) down to its bare bones. It was a bit like fishing in puddles, and as the Duhonw flows mainly over rock the water was exceptionally clear, which made it near impossible not to scare fish away. The element of surprise was non existent.

And I saw lots of very skittish fish, flying around the few pools there were. I tried dry for a bit, and had a bit of interest, but reverted back to the tried and tested nymph off a Klinkhammer indicator. Most of the fish (small up to 6”) were caught in the morning session. Had to leave around 6pm, not sure I would have caught any more. I thought the pools below the main bridge road may have coughed up a few more fish, but no. A great day though.

6 Trout

Did not fish as the fishery was closed due to high water temperature.

Managed to grab a couple hours in the evening. Another bright hot day so I fished around the dam area but still no luck. Nice place to pass a could of hours on a sunny summer evening

All 3 of us fished in lower meadow and caught steady all day on feeder with 8mm pellets on hook.

12 Barbel, 8 Chub, 3 Other

Fished wooded area of cribes , fish caught on feeder with pellets (8mm spicy sausage), canoes a real problem never seen so many on the river , barbel to 7lb , chub to 5lb and 2 eels.

4 Barbel, 4 Chub, 2 Other

Method for keeping the chub at bay is working well now. only taken 3 years to work it out

26 Barbel, 14 Chub

Couldn't fish it because 1) Banks too steep and dangerous in places, 2) no attempt by Wye & Usk or land owner to cut out any swims, 3) Due to the very hot weather Streamer weed on the nearside bank made fishing impossible even if you could find some where to fish. I recommend that this stretch be ignored until some effort is made to make it worthwhile

Did not fish due to warm weather and temperature of water

My first time on this beat with temperatures high and water levels low. I fished from 11.00 to 4.00 and saw little sign of fish or fly activity. An early combination of Parachute Adams and DRHE nymph yielded a spirited 10" Brownie; but then I spotted the occasional Mayfly and changed to a Yellow Humpy. Whether I missed a small Brownie or whether it missed me is a moot point but I saw no more action.
It's not a good idea to try text the river at the Weir. You end up with nowhere to go unless you climb fences as the Turkey Farm is paranoid - probably rightly - about people bringing in infection.

1 Trout