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Warm day, cloudy with sunny intervals, slight upstream north easterly wind. A nice day on the dry flies at Skenfrith, didn't fish much of the beat as I found fish rising in a short stretch for the best part of the day. Lots of fly life on the water including, dragonflies and damsels. At around 6pm there was a hatch of mayfly, which really brought the fish on to feed.

I seem to be having problems converting dry fly takes into fish in the net this year, I missed/lost far more than I caught.

14 Trout

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Lovely early 3 hours - all fish taken on Gold Head PTN
Plenty missed and a couple lost

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Low water as per everywhere currently. Nice to meet a fellow Fishing Passport angler on the river today.

Loads of fly life today and great stretch of river with a good pub at one end, easy access and parking.

This beat is a stretch between two club waters and if I knew anyone to ask this to I would like to know if either club stock fish?

Lot of visible fish so sight fishing was as much of the day as targeting very sporadic rises that seemed to have no pattern.

Caught the good fish (pictured) on an olive and caught the second on a beetle. Missed a fish on a black gnat.
Tried many patterns even a few nymphs! but no more luck.
Most interesting of all was the abundance of fly life coming down the river with very little response from the fish.

Even though this was a mid week session it is busy with walkers as footpath runs along one side.

Lovely stretch of river and well worth the ticket.

2 Trout

Yellow may dries got the most takes. The wild brown landed was a feisty one. The few rising trout seemed to stick tightly to their spots. Abundant and varied hatches throughout the day. It was great to chat to a fellow angler and compare notes.

1 Trout

Water low amd clear weather warm and overcast. A reasonable amount of rises throughout the afternoon. Fished various drys during the day and had plenty of takes but failed to connect. Had 2 on Mayfly patterns the largest a good size.

2 Trout

An early Cold start with frost on the grass but my mate caught 2 trout on a nymph straight away.
I didn’t get my 2 trout till the afternoon with loads off fish taking off the surface. Great day fishing with nice pint at lunch and tea????

4 Trout, 1 Chub

27 Trout

4 Trout

We only managed to get halfway up the beat since there were so many rising fish which continued for for most of the day. We missed many but found some good fish in the deeper pools and in the shade along the banks. The water level was good but could do with a bit of rain. Lots of dippers, grey wagtails and distant woodpecker. Great day out.

4 Trout