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Both blanked.

cold day with bitter north wind 5 trout 8-12" all on PT nymph hooked and lost 2 on the dry at lunch time

5 Trout

8 Trout

Fished the beat all day from top to bottom the river seemed like it was a perfect height and the visibility was excellent but no fish caught or seen, but I really enjoyed the beat.

2 Trout

No salmon seen or touched. 6 inches of additional water would have helped, although I am sure the fish were there just in the deeper holding water.

1 Trout

No rising fish. Cold grey day mostly, but the fishing picked up when the sun came out.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

One very silver Fish took a copper spoon at the end of the retrieve but failed to connect, and shook off, estimated at around 6-7lbs.and a very hard fighting jack pike of around 5lbs which gave a few seconds of excitement, this was taken on a red single hook flying c. Nothing else was seen, the River level and clarity were perfect, although it was still very cold and we saw nothing showing on the surface and no fly life

1 Pike

One long distance release for J.D. from Ledbury otherwise quiet. Our thanks to D.R. from Bristol who advised not to set up until after the jungle adventure from carpark to river bank. A run through with a bill hook would not go amiss.
D.R. from Bristol was right about the wading- definitely "stumbly" rather than gravel: Not good for dodgy knees.

Despite not intending to take the dog fishing with me, an on the day family problem meant I had to either just drive 2 hours home or try and take him with me! Tricky finding a suitable beat to take dogs with sheep everywhere but having walked Monmouth-Symonds Yat a few times, I've always been curious and thought it might be reasonable. Probably a tad high still 1.35m at Monmonth but it was very fishable colour and it was a very enjoyable afternoon evening for fido and me! It's all a bit "wild" and overgrown so tricky continuing along the bank fishing in places especially with a dog attached but hey it worked and we fished! I started with the dog on a lead and me casting the spinning rod lobbing a Devon Minnow through Martins pool and bar etc certainly felt right. Moved upstream and some lovely deep spinning water but unfortunately just impossible to get at even with a spinning rod. A quick flick through the Cement rocks showed some fly water to return to and obviously up to Biblins bridge. Left dog in car to fish fly fish Biblins from right bank and a lovely fly run that is. A few flicks in Slaughter before retreating without snorkeling and under the bridge before driving back downstream to fly fish the cement rocks very easy and a few more gaps to spin through. No Salmon seen but it's is an incredible place to spend some time, not a single canoe just a few bikes and the odd walker seen in 8 hours. Real bliss and the dog had a damn good walk up and down for a few hours with me! Many thanks all.

A beautiful first Salmon for Josh Bunning, roughly 21/22lb, caught on a SH, Yellow FC- Thursday Evening!

1 Salmon