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No fish caught

Very slow , no fish caught

Didnt go , as it was raining too much

The Honddu was running lower than I expected. I was thinking that after the rain we have had recently that the levels might have been up a bit, but no. Crystal clear, and still with a good low to it. First cold day of the year and a few crazy downpours, but mostly pleasant. The beat is pretty enclosed by hedges/trees, so the weather didn’t really affect the fishing or experience.

A great few hours working my way up the beat. Not lots of action, lost a couple but managed to net four. The last was was of a decent size, probably 12-14”. Fished with a Klinkhammer indicator and gold bead nymph. One fish took the dry.

4 Trout

Access to the water difficult as banks very overgrown. Good insect activity in late afternoon but fish showed little interest in the mayfly.

7 Trout

With the Usk running high I made a late decision (thankfully) to switch to the Honddu. It had a bit of colour from overnight rain but not too high.
A fun day flicking a duo into likely pockets. A steady trickle of olives from 12:30 only raised one fish that I witnessed, but it wasn't tempted by my emerger and after 10mins it sensibly disappeared. Seven fish to net, and lost another couple. Mostly around 9-10", and a leviathan of 18", that had me in tree roots and around rocks. I'm amazed it stayed on. Lots of crouching and kneeling, so sore knees tomorrow. Have to get some knee-pads.

7 Trout

Nothing hatching. Air temperature low. Had a couple of bumps on a pheasant-tail nymph but very quiet. Water: clear, good flow but easily waded, with care. A beautiful stream. Site Access. Easy parking and short walk to river. Well described and easily followed.

2 Trout

a challenging mornings fishing, Mainly fished beaded PTN's and spiders but didnt see any fish and certainly didnt look like catching anything. Reasonably easy access to the water but the barbed wire fencing in places was a bit worrying in expensive waders... very tight in some places with the overhanging trees but I am sure guys who are used to fishing this type of water (I am not one of them yet) would have had no problems here and probably caught a bagful...