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Fishing with Oliver Burch. Overcast all day. 8 trout to 14", 6 on nymph and spiders. 2 on dry fly-elk hair caddis. All fish returned. Great day out and I learnt a lot!

8 Trout

Fish moving all afternoon - fish caught on various wet flies.

4 Trout

Great 4 hours in the morning, water low but nice conditions. Two 6" Browns and a nice but unlooked for Grayling - released in water but looked about a good 1lb fish. Hooked other small Browns but not quick enough on the retrieve and all wriggled free. All on small just sub surface emerger pattern. Very few rising fish - saw half a dozen or so, all within a 1 hour slot.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

This was my first visit to the Monnow and to fishing in Wales. Time permitted me only to fish for a few hours in the afternoon. The river was low and I saw no other anglers. There was no hatch and so nothing taking on the surface. All fish were caught on nymph out of two pools with a decent depth. The best fish was 12 inches. All were in good condition. A most enjoyable session.
I stayed at the Bell at Skenfrith and would have welcomed the chance of being able to fish on the 25th as well.

5 Trout

Please also see return for 22/04/15 for comments and overall catch returns for last 4 visits including above. 2 x 4 fish tickets on 24th and each caught 4 trout on A470 side of pond near 2nd layby.

8 Trout

River running gin clear. All fish caught on fly. Fished this beat last year and the access down to the beat has been much improved as has the path to the upper end of the beat. Thanks as always to the lovely staff in the office who make booking so easy.

13 Trout

My first visit to the river on a sunny day although with a tricky wind at times. Water a little coloured and saw only one rise during the day - very pleased to catch two fish on nymph though, both returned. In spite of the warnings, access to some of the wooded areas was more difficult than I was expecting but I will be back.
Booking arrangements very efficient.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Arrived at the same time as the cold wind. Nothing moved. There is a tree completely blocking the river halfway down the second field and another almost as bad slightly upstream. Much harder fishing than the information would suggest. One tweak on a goldhead.

Despite being accompanied by the excellent Oliver Burch, we had a tough day with only 2 small trout on a PT nymph #18 in the 1st riffle above the bottom boundary. Saw olives of various descriptions, but only a few. Some rising fish, but only sporadically - unsurprising given bright sun and low water. Saw a large salmon with 2 big fungal patches. In the afternoon, we fished a private beat lower down that had deep runs, and caught 2 14-15" fish on big prince nymphs.

2 Trout

12lb salmon caught this morning from Carrots on Flying C. A few fish showing but not travelling.

1 Salmon, 1 Chub, 1 Pike