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Bright sunshine, climbing to 11C in the early afternoon but a strong and cold wind coming straight downstream. 1' 10" on the Trostrey gauge and the water was 9.5C
Having seen the sunshine when I awoke, I was improperly dressed and felt the cold almost instantly, having to retreat and warm my hands regularly so I could still actually tie a fly on. I focused on the streamy water at the top end and there was a very short hatch around 1330-1340 which saw a couple of trout feeding on the surface. I took three on a homemade pheasant tail nymph with an oversized grey partridge hackle. Smallest was 8", largest about 15". All looked fit and fought well.

3 Trout

Bright sunny day and with no fish showing fished upstream nymphs up to top of beat. Picked up 1/2 doz nice trout including fish of 14 & 15” and dropped a few. Odd small upwing hatching but not enough to bring up fish. Moved to middle of beat and picked up more trout and a 6oz dace to nymphs. Afternoon was very slow. Odd fish rising on lower section and managed one on daddy but no real hatch and fish not interested in dries or nymphs. Serious tree fall/ log jam on right hand side of island. All fish returned.

10 Trout, 1 Other

1 x 12inch (kept), 7 x 9/10inch (released). Fairly easy access along the whole beat.

8 Trout

3 Trout

2 Trout

A very nice piece of water, but down to its bare bones and seemingly devoid of fish and flylife today.

The river is still low obviously, and very little movement seen for most of the bright evening. A small hatch brought some fish to the surface later in the evening by which point it was time to go home. 1 small brownine caught on a black klinkhammer. A very nice spot to spend time, looking forward fishing it under better conditions in the future.

1 Trout

Arrived early afternoon with overcast conditions and fish were rising regularly in the slow moving pools. I began with Greenwells Glory but soon saw some very pale yellow flies coming off the water. I changed to the palest yellow dry fly I had and cast repeatedly under an overhanging tree. behind which I'd see a fish take. After a few casts, he came up for it out of the depths and was about to take it when (this being my first outing of the season) I got over excited and pulled it out of his mouth. I persevered and managed to tempt him up a second time. This time he took it and turned, but I was slow on this one and he spat it out after a splash. Then the sun came out and all went much quieter. we tried fishing the faster water at the top of the beat but were inhibited by dog walkers and a couple of people paddling. we had to leave before the witching hour sadly, but rises were evident on the walk back to Abergavenny and it was a glorious afternoon/evening on the river. The river levels were low, but there were numerous surface feeding fish, some of them sizeable I'm sure. A pricey beat for limited access and the walkway has pretty much eroded away, but if you're in better form than I was, many fish could be caught here I'm sure.

It was extremely hot so I decided to go for an early start and was at the river for 04:45. Although low it was in beautiful condition; clear with no algae blooms. It was not easy fishing but I found some rising fish under the trees on the far bank in the top half of the beat, just below the island. Most ignored my first attempts but I eventually landed 2 lovely fish of about a 1lb and a 1.5lb on a size 16 Parachute Adams. The second fish was absolutely stunning and put up a great fight. Both fish returned and off the river by 0900.

2 Trout

Great evenings fishing approx. 6:30pm. Water very low and warm. Waded across to access beat. All dry fly/ para Adams, caddis Caught one within first half hour and then nothing until evening rise came on around 10pm. Biggest fish shy of 2lbs. A lot of dog walkers/ disturbed nicest riffle which was a shame.

8 Trout