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Ia Mellings

Good days fishing in great location, accurate directions and beat description. Will fish this beat again. Catch returns as follows.

2 x Brown trout, 2 x 10".
2 x Grayling, 1 x 11", 1 x 13".

All fish in excellent condition and returned to water.

Many thanks to Allyson for sorting out the beat map problem.

Fished from 2-6pm Monday 7th September 2009. A sunny/cloudy afternoon with the occasional strong downstream breeze. (Made casting a challenge) Not much fly life about and rising fish hard to find. Some small fish rising odd times which I suspect were small grayling Found a few fish rising mid-afternoon about half way along the beat. Hooked and lost a couple on drys and landed and released one nice brown trout about 12-14 inches on an Adams after witnessing it chase/rise to a thistle seed.

My wife and I rounded the day off with a pint, a lovely meal and a nights accomodation at The Bell at Skenfrith. What more could I ask for. Excellent!

A pleasure just being there, but catching 3 barbel to 7lb (and losing 1) and 9 good chub to 4lb+ made it all the more enjoyable. I shall return....

4lb Grilse taken on an Black/silver Rapala. fish was slightly colored and was returned safely to the water.

River in flood, very swollen, fished from 10am-about 2pm, luncheon meat, no luck, but two pairs of peregrine falcons spotted overhead so not a wholly unsuccessful visit.

Several Barbel to a good size, river high and coloured. A good venue, would visit again. Fish caught on pellet.

Really tough day weather wise, it was blowing a gale downstream in the morning then very heavy showers all afternoon made roving tricky. Three barbel in all around 6-7 lb plus one chub 3lb and one lost to a hook pull, all fish from the lower end of the beat taken on pellet.

Strong wind & heavy rain pm, 2 rods 18 barbel to 9½lb

Really tough day weather wise,it was blowing a gale downstream in the morning then very heavy showers all afternoon made roving tricky.Three barbel in all around 6-7 lb plus one chub 3lb and one lost to a hook pull,all fish from the lower end of the beat taken on pellet.

Difficult conditions with strong downstream wind and rain. Lost a good trout (on upstream nymph) which got into fast water where I could do little with it. A good water level but clear. A lovely little river.