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Very disappointing! What could be a fantastic stretch is spoilt by impossible fishing on most of the river. Access all along the river is overgrown and very limited points to get down to the river. Location is fantastic but I wouldn't make plans to travel again for this when my local ‘free’ river offers more.

Probably not the best day to attempt this river , constant rain and the water very coloured, i wasn’t feeling confident.
But what a privilege to just be here , the monnow valley is just stunning , what an incredible place . The access points are marked out very well but I found some were quite tricky to enter . I’ll give it another go once the river has cleared

Sadly unfishable due to water level and chocolate colouration.

The river was in spate so a wash-out of a day. Too dangerous to try and get into the water. Also many trees down blocking access.

Might have been lots of fish but the weather didn't cooperate--a deluge combined with a thunderstorm and lightning meant we decided not to fish. Will rebook soon. Love this river.

Some mayfly about but very few fish rising. caught a 11" trout on a pt nymph then landed 3 trout on a dry mayfly of 11" 15" & 17". The biggest gave me a nerve jangling fight as it tried its best to get in the far bank tree roots. Some nice pools to fish when you can get down to the river.

4 Trout

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Lost one lovely fish at the net, beautiful stretch. Can be hard work getting in and out.

Beautiful weather but surprisingly sparse hatch of olives and mayflies. Gnats swarming everywhere and one out of season 12" grayling caught on a peacock and spider variant of a team of wet flies in a faster pool. Trout were rising very sporadically in the slow gravel runs and a fine 15" fish eventually took a small black gnat emerger. I had to leave at 5:30pm, perhaps an evening rise would have yielded more fish. Yes to those who say this beat is tough to access and too deep to wade in many places, but the system of access markers on the bank is really good and does allow you to reach some really fishable pools.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling