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Water cold and the brisk downstream breeze didn't help with rusty casting. A few olives appeared just before lunchtime and a few sedge fluttered about in pockets out of the breeze. Only saw 3 fish rise all day, connected with one briefly on a small klink. Fished a variety of nymphs and dry flies, but no fish caught. Nevertheless, nice to be out on the water again for the 1st time this year. Absolutely masses of caddis on the riverbed, expect there's fun to be had when things warm up.

Sporadic insect activity with some large olives. Rising fish difficult to tempt on dries. Fish came to nymphs under a dry. Lovely varied stretch of river. Fish reluctant to give themselves up!

4 Trout

Water like slightly turbid tea and still going down after the rain earlier in the week. Fished from midday until about 4 p.m. Large numbers of Olive Uprights from about 11.30 a.m. with the main hatch over by 2 p.m. but fly still around, and some fish still rising, until when I left. Fish taking nymphs and duns. Had 15 trout to 1.25lb and, through sheer incompetence, missed at least as many more. All fish taken on an Olive Upright Duck's Dun pattern.

15 Trout

River high with a little colour but improving by the hour. One fish lost in the morning but a fish of about 12lb caught in the afternoon by a syndicate member.

1 Salmon

Wales looking its' freshly washed best and water looking good, dropping and clearing. However no salmon seen or encountered. Nevertheless a lovely day and thanks as ever to WUF.

Two trout taken on iron blue dun. River was clear and running at a good height, but water temperature are still quite cold.

2 Trout

Fished lower beat from Monnow to bridge, single bead head nymph and picked up 6 trout, then dry olives to end of beat taking 11 more and had at least 10 slip the hook. Huge hatch from 11am, olive uprights followed by iron blues. Also huge numbers of hawthorn on water, and also plenty of daddys. 1 of 8 inches, 11 of 10-12 inches, 4 12-14 inches, 1 a very impressive 15 inches.

17 Trout

Steady hatch of various upwings during my time on the Clettwr. Levels slightly up but running clear. Trout began to show after midday, 9 fish between 4 and 9 inches.
Stunning scene with the blue bells out and the sunlight breaking through the trees.

9 Trout

First time fishing a river so enrolled the help of professional guide Oliver Burch. He was very patient and informative without over complicating matters, money well spent. River was running high but not to much colour, a steady hatch of olives from mid morning through most of the day, caught 12 Browns up to 11" on Adams and klink, a great introduction to river fishing.

12 Trout

River still holding a bit of colour in the morning but still ok for the fly and by the evening it looked almost perfect and had dropped back to about two feet. Two fish seen and very brief contact made with one, half a dozen trout.