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11lb Salmon Caught on the a Cascade Fly lots of fish in the River.

1 Salmon

Caught 8" on klinkhammer 2nd cast of the day, made way up to junction pool with Escley and took a 10" WBT on mayfly nymph. After letting the pool rest a wonderful 14" trout took a crippled mayfly on the surface and put up a tremendous fight. Thunderstorm put an end to my day at 5.30pm. Water level lower than I would have expected - lots of fry in the margins.

3 Trout

A few mayfly out, but it was not obvious that the fish were feeding on them. However, one fish caught was on a grey wulff. River very low, and back eddies made presentation difficult. On the way back I had a few cast at the bottom of Aberedw.

1 Trout

Grabbed 3 hrs in the gorge.....first time on this beat. Fished from 9-12. The only two rising fish were the ones I caught and 6" was the biggest,both on
size 18 para adams. Only made it to the footbridge so will be back to investigate further. The beat start is hard to find, ignore the track behind the bench ,walk up the hill a short distance until you see an obvious footpath take it and almost immediately turn hard left, the once white poles are no longer white but are visible for most of the way down. Sleepy fish today.

2 Trout

A glorious day for sunbathing and a long lunch! Lovely stretch of the Monnow, but the river remained extremely quiet all day. Very few fish rising throughout the day and even the spent Mayfly drifted unhindered. Just too hot for all concerned.

1 Trout

The river was very low (3in on Brecon gauge) and the weather was hot, sunny, and cloudless all day except for a brief rain-storm in the late afternoon. Very little fly life during the day, and unfortunately we were unable to stay for the late evening rise. The fish were lying low and were inactive for most of the day, but we managed to tempt a few (to 0.75lb) on small weighted PT's and sparsely dressed spider patterns.

7 Trout

1 wbt 6" on para adams, one 8" on GRHE. Masses of fly life but few fish rising.

2 Trout

A very pleasant couple of hours spent on this beautiful beat. Very hot and sunny. A few takes from the broken water, but no fish landed this time unfortunately.

Very hot, sunny day (24C) - but surprisingly the fish were taking klinks and nymphs quite happily until 13.00 when they suddenly disappeared without trace. Not a single bite after that.

8 Trout

Incredibly beautiful beat, but too hot for the fish today...a couple of biggish trout took nymphs in the fast water but shook off. Apart from that, very quiet. There was a rise starting just as I had to leave at 8.30pm. Caught a glimpse of an otter.