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45 between us split pretty evenly trout & grayling, including some very good grayling over a pound. All returned. Deep nymphing, nothing rising at all.

Started off with nightmare catching snags and loosing terminal tackle until i got my head around where the snag was and i mean a huge snag! first chuck 8lb barbel lost my next 2 fish but managed to land 27 barbel lost 5 barbel headache but all the fish where between 2lb and 9lb caught on pellet and meat by the end of it,i was worn out but a brilliant days fishing oh and one chub!

Lost one salmon (Leaning Willow). Landed one, 8lbs (Bachawy Pool) Both Fly.

One Salmon on Fly

River still coloured after heavy rain over the weekend and the rain was falling on the surrounding hills on arrival, but never to be beaten I decided to fish on.

No fish showing all day, but took one 6 inch Brownie (returned) on a gold head Hares Ear in the bottom 100 yds of the beat. Fished with various colours of Klinkhammer with various hares ear variations during the day and the intermittent rain. Tried a variety of traditional wets and nymphs until the heavens opened at 4.50pm and I was still 600 yds short of the bridge and decided to call it a day.

When fishing this beat with any extra water running, chest wader are a must, I had to get out and back in a few times whilst wearing waist waders, other than the depth the advice was spot on, very easy wading with few boulders.

The river was fantastic and I'll be back soon when the weather promises to be kinder to me. The booking service was a delight, helpful and super efficient, thanks for all of your help.

The river was in perfect condition today with gin-clear water and the Southerly wind barely reaching the surface of this very pretty and largely hidden stretch of the Usk, which I have never fished before, but which turned out to be ideal for the dry-fly. I was quite optimistic when I observed some fairly regular hatches throughout the day. However, despite witnessing one reasonable brown trout launching itself out of the water in a vain attempt to catch a butterfly, I was amazed at how few fish I saw today. I can only assume that they were hiding in some of the deeper pools! No salmon about either today.

Water high with a tinge of colour. The Honddu was ,once again the only river in the area fishable after the monsoon.

Plenty of trout willing to rise to a #14 klinkhammer presented in the pools and pockets. As usual striking on the r of rise was too slow! 7 to hand, the best being 12" and a much better fish lost toward the the top of the beat which was good sport for the conditions.

The Honddu and the other upper beats on the Monnow, including the Dore should be good for this week.

Very good service from the Foundation but the river was still a bit too high especially for a novice such as myself

4 rods : Rising river made fishing difficult today caught a total of 11 fish to 9.10lb Meat and pellets best baits.

Thank you so much for all your help in organising fishing for myself and my son last week. We had a great time despite ferocious amounts of water in the river and falling on us. You run a very flexible system and it was great to be able to upgrade my rod to Salmon on the days when the water was high. Great river. We fished Ty Newydd, Gromain and Sheephouse.