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11 lb fresh run salmon with sealice, a real beauty. 9.30 am. Several fresh fish showing during the day.

1 Salmon

This was our first time on this river and what a great beat. The weather was sunny, with an upstream wind.
There were very few rising fish, but I did tempt one to a dry, however the other three came to a beaded PTN.
Not an easy day, but the challenge is why we do it! I wonder how the Heron was getting on, he did look well fed!
Thanks WUF for the great work that you guys do, and for picking this beat for us. This beat has quite a nice variety of water to challenge us all!

4 Trout

Biggest duck pond in Wales. About a dozen anglers opposite me, nowt caught. This was my first and last visit to Llwyn On. Tried all methods, simply not being stocked.

Lovely day tempered by a downstream breeze. Spoke with the sheep farmer whose flocks adjoin the river - he says the grass needs some rain soon to keep growing, I think the Monnow would benefit from a drop as well! Very clear river and quite low now. Slow but steady hatch of olives everywhere but few trout rising, just the little ones. Still, had a good day with a tan Klink and small GRHE combo catching 5 to 12" in the heads of pools and faster runs. Nothing doing in the slow glides or pools.The trout were in good condition.

5 Trout

Lovely beat. Gorgeous spring day. Occasional slashy rises from small fish but no consistent rises or bigger fish seen. 4 small trout ranging 7-9 inches released.

4 Trout

Nice sunny day though with a gusty win at times. River very clear and 12" on the Llanstephan gauge. Plenty of flies (medium olives?) coming off the water but very few rising fish. Both anglers caught regularly throughout the day. 8 trout with a best of 15", 4 grayling to 12". The trout were in noticeably better condition than the grayling.

8 Trout, 4 Grayling

One small brown trout caught and released. No salmon seen. Water was gin clear and very low.

1 Trout

Very little sign of fly life when I started, so I put a PTN on the point and a GRHE on the dropper and started to work my way down from the bottom of the steps. Caught a very active fish of about 11" with my 5th cast. Connected with, but lost what felt like a very good fish further down and then changed to a dry sedge as a few fish began to rise. Action stopped mid afternoon and no further rises, so packed up at about 5.30 pm. I am sure there are good fish there, but this was not their day!

4 Trout

A sunny day and very low river - started at the top of the beat mid-morning and saw two tiddlers then nothing all weekend. Lovely stretch for the right conditions.

2 Trout

Wednesday 15/4/15 Upper Bigswier - Nil. Thursday 16/4 Cadora Backs - Nil