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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.

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Took one trout in the fast water, and lost a few others, including quite a nice one. The river started boiling at about 5pm, but before I could get to the fish the rain came down and I had to stop. But hey, that is fishing.

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Fished between 4 and 6pm. No fish seen rising and both fish caught prospecting on parachute adams in deeper pools. Both safely returned.

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No fish rising. Tried dry fly and nymphs with no success.

Plenty of Mayfly hatching, but nothing rising. Both fish on a nymph

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Bright and warm, but some cloud cover in the morning.. No significant hatches going on and both fish (c 9-12ins) took a hare's ear dropper. Sadly had to leave early so not sure what happened later in the day.

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Fished the Olchon from the junction with the Monnow up to first road bridge. The access is appalling, with 3 high rows of barbed wire blocking the river in several places. A cattle gate stops progress just above the bridge... so I gave up and went to a club water stretch of the Monnow. I did catch 1 nice fish of 1lb 4oz in the junction pool on the Monnow (included in the beat) a nymph fished on a French leader.

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3 caught on nymphs in bright conditions from faster water, ideal conditions for spotting fish (we saw many) but more difficult for catching them in the flats. We had to head home in the afternoon so likely missed what promised to be a productive evening. It’s a fantastic beat and we look forward to fishing it again on the next trip.

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