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The stream was again looking absolutely stunning in all its spring glory. There was a little flylife into the evening and despite no fish rising they were fairly willing to take the small sunk nymph. 4 lovely trout one of which was 2.5lb! The others were 1lb and two of 20cm or so. A beautiful stretch of water although not easy fishing. Well done the Wye and Usk for making it possible for the WUF faithful to fish on wonderful trout fisheries like the Grwne Fawr. Thank you! Already very excited about returning this season or next.

4 Trout

One trout of about 6 inches caught and one lost. Only managed to fish for about an hour before my rod tip fell off and I got soaked in a failed attempt to save it. Hopefully the person who was arriving as I left had better luck!

1 Trout

Walked dogs along Pinsley this morning and trout rising everywhere. Decided to pop down to Court of Noke afternoon and early evening. Should not have bothered. Despite a steady Mayfly hatch and other fly, not a rise or sight nor sound of anything. When I first picked up a fly rod four years ago it was Court of Noke I started on. For a couple of seasons had nice bags of trout on a regular basis. Last two years have caught a few parr and fingerling grayling - but have seen nothing decent. This stretch of the Arrow does seem to have deteriorated.

Day started well with two 10-12inch trout however from midday onwards, it was totally ruined by kayakers and canoeists. Despite there supposedly being no right of navigation Monmouth Canoes are happy to offer guided trips and Canoe Wales advertise the whole beat on their website so personally I won't be returning as I suspect there's little chance of changing this behaviour. The Bell as welcoming as ever.

2 Trout

The triumph of hope over experience is a remark attributed to Dr Johnson on the subject of second marriage, but it might just as well apply to my repeated visits to this beat. It is a really beautiful place on a river that fishes so well on its other beats, but many of my visits here have been blank. The only excuse I can offer this time is that the river was quite high and carrying a bit of colour. I saw very little fly life all day and no signs of rising fish. The breeze got up through the day and when the forecast rain arrived in the early evening I headed home. Ah well, there's always next time...

Fished with czech nymph downstream. Water was rather low. A couple of fish seen jumping but nothing caught.

Several to hand, took most on size 16 nymph until a half decent amount of Olives started to bring them to the surface. Took a fair few to an Olive dry.

2 Trout

Rough conditions, all 6 trout fell to a Cascade.

6 Trout

Fished the upper, Lyonshall wood, section of this beat. Plenty of overhanging trees to get caught in and wading needed more care - I managed to fall and get half soaked, perhaps in sympathy with G.S. of Leominster before me. Plenty of trout, all of which fell to nymphs. Three small parr, with the rest in the 6 to 11 inch bracket. A modest trickle of insects hatching, no fish rising. A wonderful day's fishing.

14 Trout