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4 rainbow trout caught all good condition, all to 2.5LBS.

7 x trout 6-11 inches, mainly on mayfly patterns - Monnow Gosling. A slow start, but they started rising to mayfly mid-afternoon. I had forgotten how fond I was of this pretty little stream, although I think we are going to have to trim a rather overgrown top end to this beat.

Three WBT, one to a weighted pheasant tail nymph and the other two to emergers. Lots of fish and insect life including plenty of Mayflies, which the fish appeared to be ignoring completely. I lost count of the number of fish that either rose to refuse a fly or that I missed. I lost a box of dry flies somewhere on the beat and wasted quite a lot of time searching for them to no avail. If they are handed in I would be very grateful.

Exhausting afternoon on this little brook. The only way to get near the little ------- was stealth. So I crept and crawled and slunk up the beat, keeping as low as possible. I'll pay for it in the morning when I try to stand up.
Lovely little brook, my bit of heaven for about 4 hours. It was a bit dark under the trees after the sunshine of late but magical none the less. Scored 4 little trout, 3 about 8" the other slightly smaller.
My little 5 foot 2 weight was about right but accuracy is still imperative with trees overhanging everywhere.
For the sake of the next angler on the beat I did a bit of judicious pruning on the way back downstream at the end of the day, so he/she has a bit more rod swinging room.

The last time I fished the Olchon the line was freezing in the rings and I managed to snap my rod at the butt prompting a bankside repair involving a Swiss army knife, superglue and some backing from my reel. It was a bit warmer this time but I still struggled. It seemed the fish could see you coming before you'd even spotted the pool they lived in! I'd managed 3 trout by the time I reached the top of the beat at lunchtime.

I fished on a windy and overcast afternoon simply to peruse the beat - something I've been meaning to do for a while now. What a lovely little stretch for few hours fishing. Pool after pool after pool full of chunky little trout, 9 of which made it to my net and at least as many fell off! As well as the trout I also got myself a nice new no2 Mepps and a long length of line. There were some flattened paths in the undergrowth where someone had climbed over the fence to access a few of the pools - no doubt the owner of the spinner!

River fined down a bit from last week. Overcast day. A few mayfly and yellow mays started to hatch sporadically from mid day. Had 17 trout through the day, best fish 15". All taken on a dry Greenwells.

3 trout caught and returned on a fairly cold evening (15 degrees) and overcast. Mayfly were hatching but the fish were preoccupied with the nymphs and largely ignoring dries and spent flies. river was slightly coloured and reading 1ft 2in at the gauge and falling.

River very clear with a few flies about but not many rises. Temperature was several degrees lower than previous days with a cold wind. Caught 4 trout up to 12in on dry fly. Only able to fish till 12.30. First time I have fished here but would like to try again sometime.

No salmon caught or seen. Many WBT (16 or 17) on dry flies but all small : average 20-25cm.
Nice day out.