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I feel very privileged to be able to fish suggers on the first day of the season so a big thanks to wuf.
As expected the fishing was hard with a low clear river and the fish not seeing any bait for months. But the club/syndicate on the opposite bank having a work party on the first day REALLY !!!
strimmers and chainsaws going flat out until late afternoon was a surprise . One small disappointed was finding that one of the new swims cut out in the orchard just downstream of the parking area didn't get as far as the river and just ended in a dead end after a lot of hard work .

3 Barbel, 11 Chub

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

One trout around quarter pound. Very low water with little movement save for dozenss of damsel flies. Beautiful demouselles are really appropriately named. And it is still a joy to be on the river.

1 Trout

2 Trout

2 Trout

River at a good height (12") on gauge with very little colour. Fished from 09:30 to 14:00 and there was a constant stream of Mayflys hatching but no fish rising to them. I only saw a couple of rises today but neither was to a mayfly. Fished upstream nymph. Trout were in the 8-10" range, two grayling were 8" and one very strong 12".

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Weather overcast with a cool downstream wind, which made for difficult dry fly presentation. Sporadic hatches of olives and yellow mayfly but only a few fish rising. I caught 2 trout on a size 18 cdc olive pattern, one of which was a nice fish, probably just under a pound. I didnt fish the evening however.

2 Trout

8 x trout 6 - 15 inches, Monnow Gosling. A slightly cooler day, with dark clouds threatening rain which never came. The Teme here was as clear and low as always at this time of the year and virtually nothing hatching or rising (I did see just a couple of mayfly before finishing). However, a dry fly presented over some of the deeper holes would bring the occasional fish up, provided - and I only found this half-way up the beat - it was a large dry fly.

8 Trout

6 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Chub

Very quiet, difficult access, didn't see a fish all day. Needless to say, nil return. Disappointing.