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Tipped with rain all day. Barbel first and second cast, then slowed down till after lunch. Finished with six barbel.
River pulling hard, banks slippery.

6 Barbel

Lovely well managed beat, with some excellent salmon pools
water perfect height & colour. had an enjoyable days fishing. No salmon seen.

Weather dry and sunny. One fish caught weight pound and a half

Conditions deteriorated throughout the day with the river rising and colouring up. No salmon seen which is a first for me on this beat - no doubt keeping their heads down. Fished the fly mostly and finished with a FC for the last half hour. Four decent trout up to a pound was the sum total but a thoroughly enjoyable time was had all the same. Didn't see a soul all day.

4 Trout

I used a flying C all day.

5 Trout

The river was fast and high due to a few days rain prior, so was quite challenging to fish. Tried meat over hemp and pellets with Pva with no luck. Switched to a feeder using halibut and hemp mix with sticky krill boilies and had fish within 10 minutes!

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Only fished for two hours due to family committments but had an enjoyable time - until the heavens opened up - then I was caught out without a proper jacket. Used a 3wt 7ft rod and klink and dink setup. Every fish came to the klink so after three fish the nymph was removed. I used this trip to put into practice some techniques shown to me by Oliver Burch on a visit to the Monnow in July. There appears to be some building works taking place on the early stages of the beat with a digger on the bank and plenty of hardcore in the river. It did not upset the fishing - unlike the rain - and all the fish were in pristine condition.

7 Trout

Started 11 0 clock on the flats bottom end of the beat, picked up two trout's in the tail on a Klinkhammer special, followed by one grayling. One coloured salmon showing in the first pool, bottom end of the flats probably just run up the fast water below. Changed to klink & Dink with a holy grail nymph on dropper all grayling came to the nymph with 3 foot dropper. Middle beat fished better with water on, tail of Ashtree pool had a lot of fish showing, but did no good on the dry. Next time probably fish French leader in that pool.

4 Trout, 18 Grayling

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2 Barbel