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2 small trout caught up stream of the bridge itself both less than 1/2 pound. Not much else moving, no fish rising at all.

2 Trout

Fished Hut & Colemans beats. Water level Colemans gauge 2'6", Fishing Wales 1.0m at Redbrook, WUF Fawnhope about 1'0" but unreadable; water temperature about 12C / 54F. Conditions were good and water clear, but no salmon seen or caught. Fished fast sink tip on floating line with 1" black silver tube.

Fly fishing 2 caught at bottom of beat on ptn.
3 caught half way along the beat off the top cdc /elk trout rising freely to hatch of grannom. Hatch lasted for a few minutes only.
All trout half poundish

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Fly fishing with AFS shooting head and fast sink tip. Copper tube. Did not see any fish all day. Weather a mix of sunny spells, cloud and the odd short shower. Cold downstream wind all day.

Another blank day.

I've had warmer days fishing for grayling in November. A brisk NE wind blowing down stream didn't bode well.

Started at the top of the beat, the other side of the bridge. Fished a mixed team of nymphs and spiders . Dropped back to the stretch above the Cynrig. Caught a nice fish around 12 inches . May have been a stocky from its colouring.

Relatively warmer from around 1pm, LDO's and other little brown jobs hatching steadily for the next two hours. No fish rising and none tempted by my olive Klink.

My new Kelly kettle provided a much needed warm brew !

1 Trout

I love this beat. The upper stretch is classic salmon water, with deep glacial trenches and fast water over rocks. Shame there were no salmon! There were three trout rising, of which I caught one of 1lb in weight. The weather forecast was it's usual inaccurate self!

1 Trout

It was a nice day, the river was in very good conditions, clear water, nice lights and shadows, but....I could not rise anything.I trusted very much in the Klinhammer, and dry flies... obiously I was not the moment for this.
Very nice place I will be back in other weather conditions and we will see. If you visit this spot I advice small rod (7 foot).

Sporadic hatches of olives, mostly late morning to lunchtime, and just a few grannom about. Some egg-laying rusty spinners before lunch. Most fish came to nymphs in streamy water. A couple on olive F-flies and a solitary missed take to spiders. Fish not quite on the hatches yet.

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My first visit to the Monnow, and what a lovely introduction it was. A brisk wind in the morning made it feel very cold, but sunny spells in the middle part of the day sent me rushing to strip off layers and enjoy the (relative) warmth.
The beat is moderately overgrown, but access isn't really a problem and there are few thorn bushes to tear waders. The odd overhanging branch makes casting tricky in places, but hugely satisfying when you get it right.
Good variety of water and an abundance of small eels were seen in the faster, shallow sections.
I started at 9.30 am, nothing was moving on the surface so I went for weighted nymphs, connecting with a lovely brownie of about 13" or 14" on a soft hackle PTN after some fast water on the lower half of the beat. Lost a couple on a weighted caddis pupa before bringing a little 6" brownie to hand.
A light hatch of olives began around 1.30pm which sent me rushing to change leaders. I saw a single trout rising, but in my haste to change fly and cover him I made a hash of the cast and scared him off. No more surface activity seen and no interest in various olive patterns or searching dries. Went back to nymphs with no joy until a strong wind and burst of rain at 4pm encouraged me to call it a day. Both trout released.

2 Trout