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Had a good day nice beat only people I see all day opposite bank fly fishing 5 barbel 2 big chub

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

Very hot and humid. No fly. No rises. Water up a little, 1ft 4ins on Rhayader gauge and peaty.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Very hot and humid. Water peaty. 1ft 4ins on Rhayader gauge. No fly and no rising fish.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

5 Trout

Levels too high to wade and no spinning allowed. Fished size 6 cascade from couple of points where access possible. River very murky. No fish seen or touched.

Had a tough session for one of our party and a brilliant session for the other.
One of us went straight to a known swim and got set up for an afternoon on the pin. A brilliant session unfolded with 11 barbel and 1 eel all on the Wallis cast and centrepin. The only sound being the wildlife and the pin screeching!
The other angler struggled in comparison trying new areas with only a chub to show for an afternoons fishing. Eventually settling into a swim a barbel was soon hooked but unfortunately lost in a snag mid river. Eventually the fish came back with 3 in quick succession in the last 30mins. It was less quiet up that end due to a combine harvester in the field kicking out a lot of dust and noise!!!

14 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Water level quite low. Few fish rising in pools. Only had one take on a parachute adams but didn't hook it. Nothing caught but very nice to be there.

First time on the Monnow beats, so I thought I'd do Lower in the morning and Upper in the afternoon. Really enjoyed this beat, but found the upper beat very frustrating. A few things were hatching but not enough to bring on a rise, although there were signs of fishy life in the river with the occasional half hearted rise. I managed three trout on this beat and one was a monster, a good 14 inches, the other two 10-12 inches. All took a small size 18 DHE.

3 Trout

A sufficiently beautiful stretch of river to keep two novices happily casting all day without catching a single fish...

River had a little colour and a few inches of extra water but no debris or weed to cause problems. Surprisingly and despite a very early arrival, the bites didn't start until 10.00 and then continued in short spells until I left at 16.00. Canoe traffic was light and well behaved. A mixed bag of barbel including a couple of babies, chub, dace and an eel all taken on pellets below a groundbait and pellet feeder. Quite snaggy and lost a few hooklengths before finding a more benign patch fairly close in.
Cracking day, as usual. Thanks WUF.

7 Barbel, 3 Chub, 3 Other