Feedback & Reports

spent quite a bit of the day exploring this beat , I parked near the falls at the bottom end which means a lot of walking to the top ( and climbing when you get there ! ) conditions much better today, no wind or leaves but river still up and fast making wading difficult. fishing also very difficult with grayling to 13" and oos trout to 12" ( spoke to one angler the day before who blanked,) so I guess I didn't do too bad. had to miss out on two fields on the way back due to a rather large bull near the water.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling

Nil to report; River higher than anticipated.

River a little coloured and pushing through. Did not bring wading staff so in and out of water at safe entry/ exit points. Would have preferred to wade the whole beat, as other anglers suggest they've done in Skenfrith beat feedback pages. More time flies in/on water, less time scrambling up and down soft banks in chest waders.
Fished klink n dink and later two goldheads. Missed two takes. New to the Monnow so may not have found the best spots.
Very attractive landscape and good info from WUF
PS Wish grayling were as easy to hook as autumn leaves in the river, would have had dozens. Will give it a go next trout season.

Did not fish. River just shy of 3m above normal. I’m not a good flood fisherman if I’m honest.

Heavy rain overnight- river high and chocolate brown, certainly would'nt want to wade & casting a fly for grayling seemed a waste of time so did'nt even put a rod together. In the right conditions the beat looks like it could be fantastic- alot of water to cover in a day & the owner obviously puts time and effort in- nice looking hut and well maintained paths.

Bit of a write off - arrived late (one hour before sundown) with no luck in the way of fish. Really nice setting though and the access was just as described. Will have to try again for later in the week!

River rising and water temp down slightly from previous few days, could only fish a couple of swims as the water was coming up so fast with loads of debris coming down

6 Barbel

This was a bad miscalculation on my part, probably due to becoming desperate for a bit of river fishing. Given a river level of 0.90 at Cilmery and falling slowly, plus a Metcheck forecast of not too much in the way of showers, I booked on at Cefnllysgwynne in the hope that it might be down to 0.80 or 0.75 by this morning, just about viable for trotting from the bank. Wrong on all counts! Metcheck was wrong about the showers (BBC had it right), it rained heavily, the river rose rather than fell and coloured up with plenty of debris - gauge at 1.67 metres by this afternoon.

River was up and coloured but dropping. Cool wet start to the day but the sun came out later. Fished top field . River looked spot on in the glides but couldn’t really locate the fish had a chub and one small barbel that didn’t even move the lead !Meat and pellets were the order for the day.Fished both near bank and mid river but struggled to hold with debris building up on the line. A very enjoyable day in the scenic surroundings of the Wye Valley

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

River running high and very coloured. No fish taken