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10 trout 6-11 inches, Monnow Gosling. A dull, humid day, the river fairly full and slightly coloured. Nothing rising, but a large fly seemed to work in bringing them up, so they must still have mayfly on their mind. A lot of 10 inch fish today, which is a good average size for this little stream. Where do they go when the mayfly aren't about?

10 Trout

I fished it for six hours, trying three different pegs but to no avail. I seen fish but couldn’t get a bite, I was surprised but that’s fishing I suppose, nice beat I’d fish it again.

Overcast day warming up as the day went on. Water clarity was good considering the heavy rain we have experienced the last week or so. Probably too good as suspect the fish saw me approaching. No rises seen all day so used wet fly technique with one trout taking a yellow and silver stoat's tail. Lovely peaceful spot, great to be back fishing.

1 Trout

Hoped that on arrival at one , At the Kington beat of the Arrow , that the river would be flowing at a nice pace by now , reversed the truck up to the parking area over the bridge , and had a look . . . . Seemed pretty decent , although still racing through at a fair old rate of knots !!! But still lovely and clear . . . . .

Initially decided to give the Mohican mayfly a bash , first little pool and run no takers , next one , a good splashy take , and an eight inch gorgeous brownie brought to hand , a good start . . . And so it went like that all the way up to the weir . . . Great sport as always , some feisty tubby fish too , having gorged on mayflies the last few weeks . . .

Fish ranged from seven to eleven inches , and lovely colouration as always , missed a few today too , fishing a Mohican mayfly , and a large grey Wulff , seemed to tempt them up . . . Some cracking splashy rises to them too !!!!! seven to hand , and a few flumped strikes , but a superb two and a half hours sport . . . Great to see the river up and racing along in June , bit of a change from this time last year . . . .

I did search for the landing net from the gent who fished here on Sunday , and did get the email also from the WUF , had a good mooch around the weir , but no joy , even rang Chris to find out if there was a more accurate wereabouts ???? So no joy in the end , I'll keep my eyes peeled on this beat see if it shows up . A fun couple of hours on this beat only went up to the weir , will be back here again soon , nice to still catch on big mayfly patterns . . . . . . . Happy days !!!!

7 Trout

River looked in good condition after recent conditions. Sadly no Barbel biting today. 2 Chub to 3lb 6oz on ledgered pellet. Pestered by lots of finicky bites which we assumed were small fish. Always a pleasure to fish W&U beats.

2 Chub

two browns on dry fly - 8oz and 1lb three browns on nymph - 4oz, 1.5lb and 1.75lb River very high

5 Trout

3 Barbel, 29 Chub

Didn’t fish.
At 2ft 3 it was too high to safely fish. The water was reasonably clear but the nature of the beat with its deep gutters and slippery slabs of sandstone combined with the fact that you have to get into the river because of the heavily tree lined bank made an unwanted swim almost inevitable.
Not worth the risk !

11 Trout