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A great day on this lovely beat. Sporadic hatches of upwings all day and trout rising, but picky. Smaller trout, all of around 12 inches, caught during the day. Bigger trout in the semi dark, up to 17 inches. Water low and clear (0.25 at Trallong) and by the evening the water temp seemed to have risen. Need a thermometer next time.

8 Trout

Well , another session on the Kington beat , mainly went up to the weir yesterday ,no one had booked , so i figured if a wild stream permit holder was parked up, I'd do an about turn and have a go at Manor Farm . . . . Turned up , no one at the bridge so set up ,usual six foot , two weight rig ,much better day today, as I tackled up at half eight , no wind , and overcast and mild , good start . . . .

Not any rises bar two seen today , so.opted for ever so tiny nymphs, and e of the good pools , since yesterday now has an alder right across it , Shane as its x great trouty pool too !!!! I picked up four fish right up to the weir , then looped round and did some of the water fifty yards up from the weir , great sport this morning , with PTN and Baetis nymohs scoring well , with good savage takes to them ,even in the slower pools .

A pleasant four hours this morning , finishing about half twelve I think , twelve lovely brownies to the net , ranging from five to twelve inches , some unexpectedly good trout in really skinny water thus morning , great stuff !!!!

Always fun here , with its varied water , could do with three good days rain , fish didn't seem that spooked even with fishing the bottom section yesterday as well , which was good , although I did make sure the flies presented were different !!!!

A fun few hours and some great sport , back here once its had some rain, great fun , back home for a well earned pork pie and a bottle of Butty Bach . . . .Sorted !!!!!!

12 Trout

4 x trout 6-15 inches, Monnow Gosling and Hackle Mayfly. I just did the bit from the footbridge to the mill. The water was very low, but mayfly about and the odd good fish was rising in deep pools. I missed a couple of others. These beat is as much in need of a trim as most of the anglers.

4 Trout

A great little beat. 2 of us fishing and we caught a 12" trout on a Hares Ear nymph and a 9" one on a Klinkhammer.

2 Trout

Fished the Monnow mid afternoon, very low flow and still. Weather still bright and warm. Quite a few fish rising but very wary, one cast and they disappeared. Perhaps I need some practise! Water quality good but thick filamentous algae on river bed.

1 Trout

The barbed wire entanglements make the stream above the road bridge inaccessible as they are no doubt intended to do.
For the rest it is fairly over-grown and currently with very low flow. This means that fish are are extremely difficult , or in my case impossible, to approach for a successful cast. A few rising fish but the rest are speculative casts with only a few pools open enough. The weather though forecast as overcast with some rain was bright, warm & sunny. For all the gripes above, it is still a lovely stream.

4 Trout

Nothing rising, showery but two nice fish to nymphs in likely lies. Fallen trees evident in most parts of the beat.

2 Trout

River slightly coloured and a little higher than the previous week due to recent rain - still low however.
Although we saw several salmon moving and jumping, unable to connect with them.
After lunch had a couple of hours where rising fish became too much to resist and switched to trout gear. Much fun with both of us (on separate beats) finding that trout and chub were climbing on klinkhammers and grey dusters. Several fish missed and one large fish (I know... they always are) seemingly well hooked but lost after a couple of minutes.
Day cut short a couple of hours early due to prolonged biblical rain.

7 Trout, 6 Chub, 1 Pike

11lb Common, 6 3/4 and 5 3/4 bream on pellet. 2 small roach, 5 1/2 and 4lb bream on corn.

8 Other