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Fished 12.30 to 18.30 in a Mayfly Hatch which increased from a sporadic trickle to medium heavy by evening. Spinners were also busy laying. The fish tended to hold very close to cover on the banks and ambushed drifting Mayflies at the edge rather than midstream. Caught 17 trout around 12" in size all on dry CDC Mayfly emerger patterns. Events were brought to a halt for about an hour due to a group of youngsters drifting down stream on a raft and in 2 canoes. The fish did return to their stations and resumed feeding after a while however. At least there were no stick throwing dog walkers or poachers as encountered on several other beats though.
A thoroughly enjoyable day despite the interruption and clouds of Mayfly were still in the air when I departed.

Weather was much improved over that of the previous week and the river was running much clearer.
The Mayfly started hatching in ernest at about 4pm.
Total catch 8 fish, best 1.5lb! A great afternoon on a beautiful little river.

Perfect weather , the river was perfect, there was a perfect profusion of flies , my casting was perfect , my sandwiches were perfect , ........................Blanked ! Not an hint do a fish all day not a sniff , nothing zilch !

3 trout 2x6oz 1x12oz. No fish killed.

Perfect day for fishing, alas only 1 WBT about 8" caught. A few fish rising but little interest shown. Caught on Pheasant Tail.

Brown trout: 1 near 2 pounds, 1 near 1 pound, 5 smaller fish. All returned.

1 rainbow caught, good condition. 2LBS

No fish caught. Overcast day with light rain. No fish seen rising, water was crystal clear. A mink was seen in the river with young if this is of interest. Nice stretch of river will try again another day.

4 rainbow trout caught all good condition, all to 2.5LBS.

7 x trout 6-11 inches, mainly on mayfly patterns - Monnow Gosling. A slow start, but they started rising to mayfly mid-afternoon. I had forgotten how fond I was of this pretty little stream, although I think we are going to have to trim a rather overgrown top end to this beat.