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River in perfect order, but very little fly life and no fish showing. This is a beautiful beat, with what looks like classic dry fishing, but much of it is severely limited by impossibility of access because of heavily overgrown banks

1 Trout

Quiet day. Few mayfly and ymd showing but trout not really responding. Encountered a few good fish in a pool close to the top of the beat, thankfully had the 7ft 6” in the boot of my car to make the most of the harder to reach spots. Fish took a mayfly Emerger pattern. 3/4lb-1lb range.

3 Trout

A very challenging beat , very steep banks and limited swims to fish , bottom half of the beat not worth fly fishing.
No fish on dry flies , only saw 2 fish rise , so I fished the duo and caught both on a nymphs

2 Trout

One brown trout caught and returned on the upper Monnow Valley beat. The fish was caught using a green coloured dry mayfly and was about 12-14" long, not weighed but was about 1lb. River condition was reasonably clear with a good amount of water but not too much.

1 Trout

The day was un fishable chocolate brown water will need another week to clear.????????????

I little bit disappointed most of the swims are so overgrown poorly managed. If the water was clear,And fishable I would only be able to get down to 2/3 swims.

Wash out????????

Beautiful day. Tough fishing though on a very overgrown beat with low water and bright sunshine. Two trout of c. 1lb.

2 Trout

First time on this beat but, alas, nothing to show for it. Nice surroundings though.

What a beautiful setting, it was a bit warm for fishing but spotted a couple of good sized browns during the day and managed to tempt a smaller one with a small GRHE. Very overgrown in some places although in others some strimming has been done to make access easier. Overall a great place to spend a few hours in complete isolation.

1 Trout

I was shocked by the state of the river. It has deteriorated drastically since I last saw it 4 years ago. The bed is now covered with slime and filamentous algae. The back eddies stink of dairy slurry. This is a dying river. We should all support the Wye and Usk Foundation as it seeks to protect our beautiful rivers from diffuse and acute pollution.
A few splashy rises to a size 16 soft hackle, but with one exception they were reluctant to connect.

1 Trout

Very helpful woman at the old mill, nice venue, access can be difficult in places, but entry posts are very good and the sections you can access were very well done by owner.