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Ken had a shad 3lb & chub 3lb. John landed 5 trout lost 4 and Garry nil.

Superb olive hatch lead to a dozen fish returned to 15".

Trout: 1 x 10", 1 x 9", 3 x 7", 1 x 5". Grayling: 2 x 7". All on nymphs.

Fished for 2-3 hrs on the lower part of the beat in the morning in steady rain on rising water. Only raised one fish (approx 6-8"?) to a klink. Some good looking runs and holes which I am sure in more favourable conditions would produce a better return in what was a wonderful secretive world under the trees.

Some mayfly visible but few rising fish whilst I was there from 9am to 3pm. I stuck to weighted nymphs, catching 8 WBT, one of which was close to 2 pounds and several others around or just over the pound mark.

10 x trout 6-12 inch, a couple on a small Klinkhammer, the rest on a size 12 Monnow Gosling. A morning which was only slightly damp encouraged me to go fishing after lunch. The afternoon turned out to be extremely wet indeed, but if you wait until all the ducks are in line, you never get to go fishing at all! Despite the downpour, trout started to rise to mayfly about 3.30 and it was busy for a while with mainly 10-12 inch fish and several larger ones bumped off. It ended quite abruptly around 6 when the Dulas coloured up, as it is rather prone to do. Two years since I fished this beat - I didn't bother during the drought last year - and it is remarkable how overgrown it has become, mainly at the bottom end (well beyond the caravan site) and also the top towards Tregunter Farm. It's still full of fish though.

Numerous shad and two brown trout but sadly no salmon caught.Several salmon seen jumping and making their way up the beat during the evening.

Height of river was fine and running clear, but the weather could only be described as a squall! One wbt of 4 inches on first cast, the weather continued and I left after a couple of hours after getting the feeling people were pointing at me and laughing !

Nil return

Nil. It was worth phoning the guide and getting his advice on where to fish as walking along the banks and getting to the river was extremely hard work in the dense foliage. Great spot for fly fishing in the Ford Stream but no Salmon in there. Lots of Mayfly but no trout taking them? One of those days, but I still enjoyed it and I liked the fact that I made the decision to go in the morning and was able to book everything on line quickly.