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8 Trout

1 Trout

Nothing caught. Far too many very inconsiderate canoeists which made the day extremely frustrating. Had one idiot fall out of his canoe and when he saw it floating off with his girlfriend aboard he decided instead of hopping aboard his buddies boat, to follow behind to swim for it less than a rod length directly in front of me and directly across the pool I was fishing. When reprimanded for his lack of consideration he couldn't fathom what he'd done wrong. There are a few great pools but access is difficult due to steep banks and lack of ladders.

Bank holiday Saturday - Wye full of canoeists, making fishing difficult. Water still low, but improving. No pulls.

16 Trout

After days of hot sun, the weather finally broke with a thunderstorm in the early hours. We got to the river around 1030 with overcast and alternately muggy and windy conditions. The water was still low, despite the rain, slow and warm (18C). There were very occasional splashes from small fish on the surface but nothing really feeding - only occasional mayflies coming off the water.
We had absolutely nothing on most of the beat, but weighted nymphs in the fastest parts of the pocket water resulted in six fish on the hook, but only one 10" wbt stayed on long enough to come to hand.
Always a pleasant day in these surroundings, but the river could certainly do with some cooling rain.

1 Trout

I chose one of the more wetter days of the week with clouds and mist hanging over the small valley where the Upper Grywne Fawr runs through. Nice little beat with plenty of small pools and fast streams where I mostly tried the nymph and a small green gold head streamer but no luck between 11am and 1pm. The weather didn't improved much so I didn't bother going back for the evening. The trees are really hanging over the water so a '7' or '8' should handle this better then my 10#5 Hardy rod. Beginners in this part of the UK like me are better of fishing in the Usk or Wye or one of the middle Wales rivers. Will have another try in July and read some of the feedback forms from the other enthusiasts where the fish are more easy to trick.

Trout from 6-12 inches on various may fly patterns plus 2 grayling 10-13 inches on size 16GRHE tungsten nymphs.

16 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 x trout 10-13 inches, Monnow Gosling. A real heatwave now in progress and the river very low. I had to fish early due to commitments later in the day, but I found the river looking virtually dead with just the odd mayfly around from the previous afternoon. Having worked halfway up the beat and seen nothing at all, I thought I was probably going to record a blank, but then I came across the odd fish hanging round the in-flow to deeper pools and a big fly was what they wanted. Three caught, one lost, and several missed on the strike. I left around 11....which was probably the right time to arrive, because more mayfly were starting to hatch.

3 Trout