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A cool rainy day on the river. But a stout raincoat, determination and my first day fishing 2016 kept me focused. Caught six lovely trout on the day: 5 on nymphs and one on a dry. I arrived early afternoon and fished until 5:30. I noted little hatch activity. But the few hatching insects suggested Large Dark Olives.
The water was relatively clear, despite the rain. Water temperature was 10C/50F. Air temperature around 8 to 10C.
The one dry fly fish came on a Para Adams (#14).
The largest trout took my nymph aggressively. Excellent short contest before he came to the net and was soon released. A pretty strong 17 inch (?) fish, with deep belly and vibrant colours.
My duo nymph rig consisted of a Czech style point fly and a Prince nymph on the dropper. Only after the day finished, did I realized that the wonderfully creative Pop singer Prince died that same day. So I suppose my fly choice was an unsuspecting homage to him. Wonderful waters and I look forward to returning again from Canada.

6 Trout

Method dry, size 16 Adams river running very clear but couldnt spot any fish walked whole length of beat nevertheless this is a very nice stretch of water.Also tried gold head hairs ear nymph through deeper pools had a pull but did not catch. Trout was around 10 inches

1 Trout

Beautiful location. River was coloured and pushing through. Sparse hatch of Olives in the middle of the day, but too chilly for any real activity. No fish caught.

Water pretty coloured and browns very careful. Deep nymph on short line. All fish returned.

3 Trout

A colder day than expected, not much in the way of fly life seen and just a couple of rises all day. 3 grayling and 2 trout caught on a gold head PTN fishing New Zealand style. My fist time on the stretch of river and will definitely be back later in the season when the fish will hopefully be looking up!

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Well, after having a cracking day earlier in the week on the Lugg was hoping for a half decent day on the Monnow!! Beautiful weather 12 degrees and a good amount of LDO's coming off the water between 12-2pm, water levels perfect and gin clear, great! I know the Monnow well and who was I trying to kid , one 8 inch grayling to hand one lost and two brownies both over 2lb lost and that was all the action for 4 hrs fishing.. oh well April will be a different story

1 Grayling

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1 Trout

The river was to high for a novice like me but a nice day anyway. Also saw a pair of Goosanders.

7 x grayling 6-8 inches, on nymphs. A day of small things and very cold. However, a few large dark olives came off after lunch and I saw the first rising trout of the year.

7 Grayling

River starting to rise and getting coloured. Only fished from 12 till 15:00. 2 trout on nymphs.

2 Trout