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Went down today with a mate and was a tough day tbh river was quite high and seen a few fish riding but couldn’t wade out far enough to catch them I am a beginner aswell so I didn’t catch but my mate had one trout

1 Trout

5 x trout 10-14 inches, Bastard Adams and Waterhen Bloa. Much tougher conditions this afternoon with single figure air temperatures and a nasty cold downstream wind blowing in black squalls of rain and hail. The sun peeped through, but rarely. A few grannom about, but trout more interested in very occasional hatches of large dark olives in sheltered corners.

5 Trout

Lots of Grannom and fish riding but I was too inept to get any fish to rise to my fly. Nice bit of water!

Fished bottom end of Abergavenny town with a MTAA member from 2.30pm till 4.00pm. Lots of grannom on the wing when we arrived, but barely a rise to be seen. We had half a dozen between us, most on nymphs fished under a klinkhammer, but the best fish nailed the klink. I lost a good fish on a streamer. The top of the beat resembled Barry Island beach - complete with sunbathers & swimmers! Maybe not the best beat for a sunny warm day.

6 Trout

19 x trout 10-17 inches, dry flies - Start Jarvis' Bastard Adams, Hair Wing Sedge, usual suspect spiders in order of usefulness - Dark Moorgame, Hare's Lug and Plover, Waterhen Bloa. An interesting day (until about 2.30 anyway), warm and sunny, with dark olives, March browns and grannom sedge all hatching together at times. A mixture of wild and stock fish with some hefty ones - several over 17 inches.

19 Trout

Quite a few olives coming off. Was given a gloomy summary of cormorants impact by bailiff as I tackled up. Four fish including one barrel of around 16 inches which lead me a merry dance in heavy water. Fish ran through my legs twice in which entertained passing dog walkers. All fish to dry olive patterns

3 Trout