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A short evening session produced 1 grayling and 1 small brown trout. Nothing sizeable. Lovely calm (no wind) evening.

But very, very hot this week (30 degrees) and bright sun, with the rivers running low, so generally not the best conditions.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

My friend was fishing this beat alongside me - he caught a couple of small but beautiful wild brown trout. Evening session.

2 Trout

3 Trout

Well,what a weird start to my day , bowled up at the Duhonw at half nine ..... not a sniff of any trout activity for nearly two and half hours, nothing seen either .... how odd I thought !!@ Anyway when I returned to my truck had a chat with the chappy who lives close too the Bridge, and he reported a white grey substance to the very interested NRW, IN FACT SO INTERESTED, THEY BOWLED UO TWO DAYS LATER, commented that the water sample he took would be useless .... so there you go a totally professional response!!!! SO PROACTIVE HEY !!!!
Anyway , WUF this needs addressing as I didn't even raise a fish in quite a lengthy beat of river, none seen also .... I'm guessing pollution has done its worst !! I moved onwards to the lovely Cammarch .... and was relieved to get takes to my sparkle dun, and later on a tiny Para Adams ..... Great fun , a nice four hours, managed seven to the net, and a few that didnt male it, as always.... the fish go crazy here once hooked ..... Great fun though !!!
Made up for what I thought was a sad start to the day ..... the Duhonw used to be alive with little feisty brownies..... not any more !!! Unless an otters has stomped through the whole beat ...... mmmmm I wonder!!!! Lol !!!
Anyway .... some leg work done today , personally WUF , I'd put the Duhonw out of bounds till the grey white substances identified, that has been seen on more than one occasion so the chappy said , perhaps some investigations upstream of the Bridge parking on that beat ...
Right, time for a cold bottle of beer .... and my weeks wild stream extravaganza shall continue tommorrow, happy days ......

7 Trout

Blisteringly hot day with fairly strong wind veering between east and south. Mostly fished the top end where the streams come in. Eventually, netted two brown trout, one estimated at about 1.5 lbs and the other 0.66 lbs. Very satisfying given the conditions. Bibio variant (George Barron?) did the business. Access to top end - penultimate layby and walk down to water through the woods.

2 Trout

Very hot day but found some fish in the deeper water.

10 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fished the ciliau run, perfect water level. Arrived 7:30 so a 4 hours fishing before the sun got on the river. No surface activity, fished with beaded hairs ear 3ft under Klink. 2 pound chub?, a salmon par and, one trout 3 grayling all under a pound

Returned in the evening, perfect conditions for a rise but nothing doing

1 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Other

4 Trout

First time on this beat, booked an evening session 5pm to around 7.30pm. River a nice level and running clear. As the beat description says, the beat on the left bank is fenced off with several acces points over the electric fence. With a couple of exceptions, there is then a 6 foot drop to the water making it impossible to exit the water even if you can get in. At this time of year the bankside vegetation is head high so walking up and down the bank on the river side of the fence is not possible.
The footbridge is closed see (photo attached) and in the couple of places I could access the water from the left bank, there was no access out of the water on the right bank, again due to thick vegetation, high banks or both.
There is a mix of runs and deep pools so you are limited in how far up or down the river you can wade. The result is that I was unable to access the right bank at all having explored the whole beat. I am pretty intrepid when it comes to fishing the wild streams but I was only able to fish perhaps 150 yards of this beat in total. I won't be returning until the vegetation has died down and the bridge access has been restored.
On the bright side, the directions are accurate and the parking well organised.
No fish seen or caught.

Fishing Passport Note 2nd April 2024 : An update on the bridge. We are led to believe that Herefordshire Council will be carrying out repairs in the 2024/25 financial year.