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A calm and bright (but not sunny) day on the river. Yellow Mays and Mayfly (etc.) emerging throughout most of the day. Trout from 9" to 12", with one c. 14"; Grayling c. 1lb. Fish in deep runs, faster and slower moving pools, especially at the ends of the pools. A few salmon moving. Best fishing up until 6pm, then the river went quiet (the opposite of the previous days fishing at Plas Gwyn). Bead-headed GRHE; CDC comparadun, and klinkhammers. The wading is very tricky in places; a wading stick (I used a pre-cut length of hazel), and good wading boots, are absolutely essential. A beat with lots of variety. A lovely day's fishing.

15 Trout, 1 Grayling

Pretty hard going for two fish. It is a lovely beat and looks as though it should be a lot easier. Fish were rising but refusing to take almost everything !

2 Trout

5 Trout

Small but lively Salmon 4lbs on very small cascade. River very low & slow moving .
(WUF note: first Grilse and many congratulations in catching it)

1 Salmon

3 Trout

Beautiful river, good hatches.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

11 x trout 8-14 inches, Monnow Gosling. I'm having to fish mornings at the moment (I'm on aged parent care duties afternoons), so I went up the stream licketty split with a big dry fly, missing out most of the difficult and tight bits in the middle of the beat. It was a very humid and cloudy morning with rain threatening, just right for mayfly fishing, and almost all fish taken in the fast run-in to pools. Bank-side bushes full of mayfly and today's hatch just beginning at midday. Most trout were around 10 inches but one 14 inch fish made an unexpected treat.

11 Trout

Conditions: water still low despite previous rain but more forecast which will be welcome, overcast with gentle downstream breeze. Mayfly hatch but no signs of fish rising. Returned 2 WBT approx. 1lb caught on Pheasant Tail Nymph.
Looking forward to the next time.
Thank you to The WUF

2 Trout

Fished the NW bank from 10.30 until 2.30 with no success or interest until a heavy shower drove me off. Only one or two rises seen while the sun was out for a brief moment and breeze fell away totally. Disturbed several time by unruly large dogs running and barking all around me, one of which (huge Burmese mountain dog) decided to take a swim right in front of me. Fishing near the dam was apparently more successful. Weather was overcast with little wind for most of the time.