Feedback & Reports

Grabbed 3 hrs in the gorge.....first time on this beat. Fished from 9-12. The only two rising fish were the ones I caught and 6" was the biggest,both on
size 18 para adams. Only made it to the footbridge so will be back to investigate further. The beat start is hard to find, ignore the track behind the bench ,walk up the hill a short distance until you see an obvious footpath take it and almost immediately turn hard left, the once white poles are no longer white but are visible for most of the way down. Sleepy fish today.

2 Trout

A glorious day for sunbathing and a long lunch! Lovely stretch of the Monnow, but the river remained extremely quiet all day. Very few fish rising throughout the day and even the spent Mayfly drifted unhindered. Just too hot for all concerned.

1 Trout

The river was very low (3in on Brecon gauge) and the weather was hot, sunny, and cloudless all day except for a brief rain-storm in the late afternoon. Very little fly life during the day, and unfortunately we were unable to stay for the late evening rise. The fish were lying low and were inactive for most of the day, but we managed to tempt a few (to 0.75lb) on small weighted PT's and sparsely dressed spider patterns.

7 Trout

1 wbt 6" on para adams, one 8" on GRHE. Masses of fly life but few fish rising.

2 Trout

A very pleasant couple of hours spent on this beautiful beat. Very hot and sunny. A few takes from the broken water, but no fish landed this time unfortunately.

Very hot, sunny day (24C) - but surprisingly the fish were taking klinks and nymphs quite happily until 13.00 when they suddenly disappeared without trace. Not a single bite after that.

8 Trout

Incredibly beautiful beat, but too hot for the fish today...a couple of biggish trout took nymphs in the fast water but shook off. Apart from that, very quiet. There was a rise starting just as I had to leave at 8.30pm. Caught a glimpse of an otter.

Caught on a nymph in the rock pool. Water low. Access to pools downstream of the Rectory nigh on impossible with the bank severely overgrown with vegetation.

1 Trout

2 x trout 13 and 14 inches, Mohican Mayfly. A very difficult afternoon of glaring sunshine during which we tramped the beat searching in vain for a rising fish, although the odd natural mayfly was around. Some cloud drifting in about 5.30 improved the situation slightly. We got two and I think, missed about four. Challenging as only Monnow Valley can be! The owner very kindly asked what we thought about the access? We told him any improvements he can make will be gratefully received.

2 Trout

Hot and bright and water a bit low didn't make for easy fishing. Dog walkers throwing balls into the river and sunbathers all day put the middle section of the river out of action. Still a lovely place to spend a day waving a rod around.

1 Trout