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As the river was down so much the swims were inaccessible for us as we are of the older generation.have fished it before with the river up not a problem then. Did not fish, very disappointing.

30 degree blazing sun all day so not ideal conditions. Just a couple of chub hauled out between the two of us.

2 Chub

Bait worm
Method ledger
Time 12 30
Size 1kg approx

1 Trout

Weather was very hot, 28 degrees. Signs in the morning of fish rising and surface feeding. Used a dry dropper method.
There was a very large amount of the public in and around the river whilst fishing making certain areas almost impossible to fish. Dogs running into the river in most accessible areas and in all accessible areas from the bank were numerous members of the public swimming in the river mostly by the llanfoist bridge and the banks along the Abergavenny town side of the river.
By 1300 - 1400 hours the accessible parts of the river were un-fishable due to the number of people and and dogs in the river.

No fish caught and ended the session early at 1500 hours.

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

2 Barbel, 30 Chub

Water level low, V hot, no rises amazingly, 2 x 9" on a dry ( black ant ) nice stretch of river, will return.

2 Trout

No fish

Our first visit to this very pretty beat but my fishing buddy & I made a tactical error by going equipped only for straight line nymphing. We had read the comments about the wading being tricky but were unprepared for just how tricky. So a combination of lowish and clear water made it almost impossible to fish the easier glides as the fish just got spooked, and wading was hard to get near enough to the deeper runs to fish them properly. The easier part of the beat is upstream of the bridge, and thats where our four fish came from. There are some good sized grayling here and a bit of colour in the water would certainly have helped. Just as we were leaving the beat owner came along to see how we got on which was a nice thing to do, and suggested next time that dry fly might be more productive.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Thanks to J. A. from Rhayader for prompting me to fish this beat for the first time. A delight.

2 Trout