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15lbs Cock fish from Poachers Pool

1 Salmon

Nymphing and speculative dry fly. Expected to catch a few graying along with some trout. Not a single trout. Does this section have a good head of trout? All grayling in fantastic condition.....fully mouthed (as in haven't had their lips ripped off).
Left Derby at 0530Hrs and was on the water at 0745Hrs. Excellent day.

16 Grayling

We have been fishing for the first time on this river. Started early on the morning and the water was pretty cold. Have been trying few different flies, but had no bite. Can you give us some tips about flies type? Thx. Janusz

Cold and uneventful. No fish or activity Seen.

Nil catch. Cold and dull.

1.5 lb brown trout returned on fly.

1 Trout

Another cold and windy day with river clear and fairly low. Second visit to this part of the river, with easy parking and access. Fished again with two weighted nymphs on a floating line. Worked by way up from Stone to Lady Alexander's catch with not much action, Found a willing Grayling of about 6 inches that couldn't resist my Red Tag. After three hits managed to land this little monster. Well hooked but netted and returned it with no problems. Did try to get further upstream but found path heavy going. Would advise people to test out path prior to tackling up. Wading was difficult but very new to this and wadding stick a must. A good swim as last year helped land a 10-15lb cock salmon, worth a third visit.

1 Grayling

I invited John Phillips to fish as I was unable to go, and he hooked 10 trout of which 6 were landed, 4 over 1 lb and 2 around half pound on a team of 3 spiders. Most came to the point fly and none landed were on the top dropper. John is about 100 fish for the season so far!!! mainly Grayling on the Rhymney. The Taffman is a genius!! Most fish were taken in the wood stream with 2 decent fish below the Rock.
Water 0.7m and perfect conditions at 12 deg and light breeze. Seems I missed out!!! AGAIN.

10 Trout

A warmer day with some sunshine which prompted a flurry of rising fish to LDOs and a few March browns. Failed to connect so a blank.

Cold day in and out of water. Light easterly wind, more so in morning, and dark clouds. Temp around 6C throughout. When wind dropped and conditions slightly brightened one or two fish came up for the odd dark olive. One nice conditioned trout on dry fly around 1.75 lb. Nothing on bugs. Short windows bewteen 11ish and 3.30 p.m. Good alternative beat to upper Usk which can cut down driving time if you are coming a long way via Abervagenny. Can't recommend my guide Chris Price highly enough. It was a real pleasure to fish with him. SEP

1 Trout