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fished hard today water a bit brown I saw two salmon in the Heirag pool

Caught 3 Shad, one on salmon fly and two on Trout flies.

2 Trout, 3 Other

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Monnow Gosling

6 Trout

Having fished the first half of this beat last year, I was keen to return and cover the whole thing. A few more trees have fallen over the winter, but there is still plenty of fishable water.

The size, foliage and fallen trees mean most pools need to be approached on hands and knees but it's worth the effort as there genuinely are fish in every pool. There was a good mix of hatching insects and the trout weren't overly picky, variously taking cdc olives, yellow ptn, claret klinkhammer and a flashback black nymph. I think I had a rise to my fly in every pool and lost almost double the 9 that I caught.

The pool where the little tributary cascades into the brook just below the ruined water mill is wonderful - two aggressive rises in the foam produced the biggest fish of the day at 10" and 12".

After the water mill, I confess my knees and back were grumbling a bit so I only fished the pools that I could approach and cast to standing up, meaning I passed up the opportunity to fish a lot more promising water - I needed to conserve energy for the climb out!

A really great beat and a wonderful day out.

9 Trout

If shad were salmon I'd be doing well the last few days! Fished down through the orchard this evening no signs on salmon but plenty of shad and trout.

Didn’t catch anything.

BEAUTIFUL RIVER/ FISH RISING GREAT CHALLENGING FISHING

5 Trout

Six brown trout caught on size 12 mayfly imitation, the biggest being about 12”. Water was quite brown, on day after heavy thunderstorms.

6 Trout

Late evening dry fly fishing. Lots of fish jumping but no joy for the fisherman today.