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A very nice day on this little river! First time fishing anywhere like this and first time wading so I'm happy that I still managed to catch two tiddly browns - 6inches each - the 2nd one zipped off at an amazing pace for such a little guy!

There were lots of big black hawthorns around where I parked up, but not so many at the water. Access was a little tricky in some areas, but there was still plenty fishable. Water was quite murky due to rain at the weekend. I blanked on trying nymphs (probably bad technique!) but when I did find fish rising little dries worked well - strangely very little of an evening rise despite quite a lot of insect life. There were insects that maybe were mayflies - they certainly acted like them.

Oh and I found two poachers near the top of the beat! Reported them to WUF once I was back in phone signal.

Bright & cold with NE wind. A few flies hatching and very sporadic rises later in pm when had 2 x 9" trout on Adams Klinkhammer & missed several more. Nymphing in am not productive. Lots of small spinners in evening, but nothing rising to them.

Blank day; river clearing after heavy rainfall 36 hours before. Cold northerly wind though fine and sunny day. Good fly hatch and very occasional small fish rising. No immitation fly came close to working! Lovely stretch of river.

A very nice day on this little river! First time fishing on the Escley. I'm happy that I still managed to catch two brown trouts - 14inches and 5inches.
Access was a little tricky in some areas, but there was still plenty fishable. Water was quite murky sat. to rain at the weekend. I blanked on trying nymphs (probably bad technique!) but when I did find fish rising little epoxy worked well.

Very attractive beat. Sadly, heavy, overnight rain raised flow level with very coloured water. No hatch observed throughout day. One 5 inch brown trout was the total for the day, caught at around 4pm when the water colour was starting to improve. Taken on a small, black, gold-headed, ribbed nymph. We will be back.

Booking service excellent. Advice from Seth much appreciated.

One small 6oz trout (desperate day river very low with a cold North wind and no hatches).

1 x Rainbow trout 1 3/4lb - bottom worm. 1 x Perch 1 1/4lb - bottom worm. 2 x Perch 1lb - bottom worm. 2 x Perch 3/4lb - bottom worm.

One of those 'four seasons in a day' days - there was even a roll of thunder in the afternoon (only the one, mind). The wind was much lighter than had been forecast which made it possible to fish most of the beat comfortably. In between the showers, there were some good hatches, mainly of olives. Fish not showing in great numbers, but enough to give away where to try. They seemed in particularly picky and fickle mood and I lost count of how many were hooked, or part-hooked, and lost. Still, six lovely fish caught. The best was only a tad under two pounds: a real Usk beauty.
By the evening, the rain had set in with a bit more purpose, so I left a little earlier than planned. The only real disappointment was that the Gliffaes Hotel could not fit us in for dinner on the way home. I should have booked when I booked the fishing.
The drive home was through torrential rain and thoroughly unpleasant. I guess it kept up for much of the night because the gauge showed the river much higher. I'm very glad I didn't book for Sunday instead: high water and high winds are not a good mix!
Sincere thanks to Seth for some really helpful advice earlier in the week. It is always worth taking the time to get in touch.

2 Trout Caught on the Penpont beat.

1st - 08oz (est) on a Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph
2nd - 4lb (est)on an unweighted GRHE nymph

A beautiful beat in stunning countryside. Very changeable weather throughout the day but fish seen rising from mid morning onwards, failed to bring any to the net however.