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One 10" grayling to a ptn. One trout about 11" to a klinkhammer. Also a couple of missed chances on the klink. A misty overcast day with little sign of insect life and not many rises. Hoping for the sun to break through, but it never did. River fairly clear and at summer level, so relatively easy wading.

Three small browns caught and released safely, each around 10". Two to an olive sedge and one to a PTN. All taken sub-surface in pools downstream of riffles. No rises seen. Exhausting beat - access remains very difficult with probably only a third of the one mile of river fishable. Best water is upstream of parking spot. I wouldn't fancy it when the brambles and undergrowth have taken hold later in the year.

Quite a cold day. Could not see any fish rising and found access to the river very difficult in many places. No fish, just not our day. Would not return until access is improved

1 x 11 inch grayling, 2 x out of season trout 10 and 14 inches. A search for the elusive grayling with the trotting rod, and a difficult day really, although I am not quite sure why. The Monnow looked to be in excellent condition.

2 trout 6-8 inches taken on mayfly and 3 very small grayling. Very pleasant day, if a little cold, but with very few takes.

A pleasant days fishing, although I failed to connect with any fish, I must be getting old! Managed to provoke a few takes on a CDC emerger pattern, access difficult as usual but not impossible and its always good to work for your fishing! I was also somewhat surprised and disappointed to have the company of a pair of cormorants on the beat!

3 small browns but beat in terrible condition. Would not recommend.

Considering the conditions, I was somewhat relieved to manage one 8" trout on a GRHE and a very surprised 1 1/2lb chub on a Klink! River very low and in need of some rain. Access difficult as expected, a wading staff is good for the balsam, I shall be trying again after we have had some rain.

A warm sunny day, a beautiful river and four trout caught ... beats watching England play! Two smaller ones (8-9") came mid morning and two larger fish late afternoon - the first 13", the second 15". Not much hatching; the odd mayfly and olive, but no quantity. A few fish rising, but infrequently and hard to tempt ... at least with my skill level. Tried various patterns through the day, but all fish came to a Greenwells.

Warm bright afternoon and evening 23-24C. Lots of insect activity including the occasional Mayfly, which the trout ignored totally. The trout rose freely to any small dark traditional fly provided it had a tail and despite slow responses on my part five 6"-9" were hooked and released.

Calling the access to the water as "tricky" in the beat description is something of an understatement, downright difficult would be more accurate. Or am I getting old?