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Returned to the Skenfrith beat at the end of our holiday and fished the evening rise - around 7:30pm to 9:45pm. Again no fish landed - weather still very hot and dry and extremely low water - but two takes missed, one to wet fly and one to dry. Reasonable numbers of small fish around.

We fished early (6am - 8:30am) and late (8:30pm - 9:30pm) as we were holidaying in The Old Post Office in Skenfrith (available via Welsh Country Cottages and good for large family group bookings). Unfortunately we didn't manage to tempt anything in the very hot, dry weather though we did see a few trout and, in the deepest pool, a couple of large chub. The beat access is very easy and the river is straightforward to fish with both wet and dry fly, I am sure that it will fish very well in more propitious conditions.

Low water and bright sun made it a tough day. We managed 4 small wbt between our 2 rods, all caught fishing downstream in faster water. No rises to speak of and only the odd fish spotted on the surface later in the day.

A lovely evening with a huge hatch of fly. Fish rising on and off all evening. We started 6pm, finished 10pm. Fish ranged from 1/2 to 1 lb. River still has slight colour.

12 Trout

Cracking stretch of river and a lovely place to be! Plenty of nymphs of all descriptions revealed on the rocks in the river and an impressive amount of shrimp, maybe better then the Derbyshire Wye etc? 3 trout to hand up to 12", bumped off quite a few more as I was christening a new rod and still getting used to it as its fairly fast. Well that's my excuse!
Fish were moving in the tails of pools to spinner as the evening wore on, no sedge came out to play.

3 Trout

Beautiful river, water was low but still fish rising and although hard the fishing was rewarding. Will definitely be visiting again in the near future.

4 Trout

7 to hand, largest 9", smallest 5". 5 lost fish, 0 grayling.
River was clear, down stream gusts between 9.30am & 11am made casting v hard, 0 fish caught in this period.
Rises at 7am & 11.30am most notable. First visit to a WUF beat - fantastic spot, good accessible fishing. Many thanks.

7 Trout

Lovely day, but full bright sun kept fish down. Picked up one wbt on mayfly around 6pm. Left at 8pm for a beer in the Bell. On leaving, at 9pm, saw several rises near bridge. Nice water, but just too bright today.

1 Trout

Nothing caught.

Very nice spot, perfect for easy wading and walking, few bites on dryflies no fish landed river low at the moment.