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River looked good but not too much hatching through the morning and consequently very few trout rising. Best fish was 15" so I'm not complaining. All on a size 12 Greenwell's.

3 Trout

Very warm day, water pushing through nicely with just a hint of colour.
Fish a bit slow to switch on but when they did you felt you had a chance in every pool. Mixed hatch with some Yellow May's and a darker version I couldn't Christen.
Most effective fly a small (size 14) French Partridge (I have fished a bigger FP hook size (10/12) here before but always felt it looked a bit disproportionate).
11 wbt caught and released. Beautifully conditioned, flecked in red. Biggest around 12", most plump 8"-10".
It is a scramble at times and I still haven't reached the top of the beat in 5 attempts. I don't think there is a better £10 wbt ticket in the UK.

11 Trout

9.30am 7.5lb salmon from the Nyth in the Cafn on fly.
12.30pm 8lb salmon from Tyr Celyn in the Boat Pool on fly.

2 Salmon

Couldn't believe it today, water was 1 foot 9 and clear. Perfect apart from that bright sun again. Saw one salmon turn in the Rock Pool, had 1 trout from Ty Mawr and a 2 pound shad from the Rock Pool. Fished for 4 hours but had enough and called it a day. The river was alive with trout.

1 Trout, 1 Other

26 x trout 6-11 inches on a small Rusty Klinkhammer and, after a few mayfly duns appeared about 1 o'clock, a size 12 Monnow Gosling. Not a very dramatic mayfly hatch (the winter floods disturbed a lot of the silt in the channel) but it certainly put the little trout in the mood for a big fly. Other things seen and heard: fresh green beech leaves and carpets of bluebells, chimes of Parkend church clock through the woods, two fallow deer caught drinking at midday, a kingfisher carrying what looked like a trout parr, and a female mallard who decided I had designs on her brood and performed the broken wing deception in order to draw me away. This wood and the area of the stream took a lot of damage during the winter storms and many trees are down, but the trout population seems quite happy.

26 Trout

A fresh 11 lb salmon on fly in the Cafn at 7pm.

1 Salmon

Evening session, couldnt get any by the bridge, though lots of big rises. Got a few bites on the flats. Finally got one on GRHE, had a large beaded nymph below that to get the GRHE down to the bottom water very fast. Will try Czech nymphing next time. Lovely beat, great setting, I'll be back.

1 Trout

Six wbt to 10", all in top condition and released unharmed. Another four were long released and I missed five takes so not a great conversion rate. All fish rose to an olive klink and hit the fly with some force. Just the odd fly hatching throughout the day. Good value for money. Thanks to the Wye and Usk Foundation.

6 Trout

A perfect day on the Monnow. Lots of insect life; Yellow May, May, Hawthorns but strangely not a lot rising. Water clear. Four good size WBT (8-11 inches) all taken on Parachute Adams.

4 Trout

Lovely location but fishing was hard. Many thanks.