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Low water in the Olchon but clear. Conditions good & weather cool. Landed a lovely fish in the first pool up from the Monnow, then up into the barbed wire entanglements some unfriendly soul has put up on the lower brook.
Once through these it is much easier & great fishing which produced another good fish and several takes.
The brook is completely over hung with trees which make casting challenging and is hard work up.

2 Trout

heavy rain, did not fish

slow few hours with the water levels very low. fished from 12pm -3pm with all trout coming to hand between 1--2pm. few mayflies, spinners(olive) , and swarms of midges. not many rises so fished cinnamon baetis at the heads of pools. size, all between 7-9 inches.

10 Trout

6 Trout

16 x trout 6-11 inches, Ducks Dun dry fly. A warmer day, starting mid-morning, and a lot of olive uprights on the water. Catch split about 50/50 between fish seen rising and others taken prospecting. Come winter, this beat is due for a trim and also some attention to the access, especially around the middle and the cattle gates in particular. The barbed wire fairy has been pretty liberal with her gifts here lately and it is now very difficult to make your way up the channel.

16 Trout

Nice close fishing in Olchon Brook, caught a good trout (12 in) in fast water,GHHE other fish rising further up.

1 Trout

had a few hours nymphing, the stream was flowing well but very slow from 11am - 12pm. all trout were caught between 12pm and 2pm. size between 7-13 inches with the majority about 9 inches. only a couple of rises to midge so carried on with the nymph. packed up at 2 as reached top of beat.

13 Trout

We arrived at the beat around mid day with ideal weather, sunny intervals and light winds. Starting at the bottom of the beat below the confluence with the Monnow there was a reasonable amount of fly life with some olives hatching and an intermittent but steady hatch of Mayfly. Things looked promising but although a few fish were rising there seemed to be less activity than we remembered when we last fished this beat about 3 years ago.

We slowly worked our way up the beat fishing the whole of the Olchon up to the top limit, at which point the catch for two rods was 7 trout, all to Mayfly, with probably double that number missed or lost after a brief struggle. A very enjoyable session, but given the conditions we would perhaps have expected more fish. After dinner, my fishing partner John went out again to fish the evening rise and added a further two fish so the final tally for two rods was 9 wild brown trout between 6 and 12 inches.

9 Trout

River low, overcast and showery. Managed one on a Bactis nymph, and two later on with an Adams when there was an occasional rise. c7 -9" bracket. Missed one or two.....
Lovely beat but in dire need of some pruning/coppicing. I was there last c2-3 years ago and I recall it being much more accessible. Had to walk past some inviting pools that were unfishable.

3 Trout

8 Trout