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Cold frosty morning and line frozen in rod rings, the Irfon settling after high flash flood but water clear. Fantastic scenery.

D., tried nymphs in morning, few touches but non hooked, trotting in afternoon half way down beat by pond in deeper water. 5 Grayling one nearly 3lb and dark cloured, one two pound plus shaped like a torpedo and very silver, rest about 6oz to 8oz all on single maggot on 16 hook.

A well spent and damaged cock salmon that must have been close on 20lbs kept coming in under the bank of this swim.

R., one 4inch grayling in shallow glide on double maggot on 14 hook, 4 small others hooked and lost, about time D. caught more than I!

In two visits we have taken 3 grayling over 2lb 4oz on trotted maggot in the deeper swims and I wonder if upstream touch slow rolling ledger in the deeper swims would produce more of these large grayling.

Thanks to all at The Foundation and Charles Picton for a beat in excellent condition and The Bridge Inn at Llyswen for that leg of Lamb that no trip to Wales is complete without!!

One rod... 11 Grayling 8" to 12"

Four grayling 3 x 8" to 9" and 1 x 12" from myself and Nil from my companion! Lots more missed!

River about 6" above natural marginal plant level but clear.
A most enjoyable cold sunny day!

4 fish from the lower part of the beat on the flat glides. Missed another four/five all to the duo. All bar one took the nymph. Either red collar GHPTN or hot spot olive shrimp. One took the Klink I was hanging the nymph off but did not stay on. Cheers

With the Lugg running clear & cold at 1'6" on gauge it looked perfect and indeed I had a great 6 hours fishing catching some beautiful Grayling all taken on tungsten head

WUF comments: 14 Grayling to 15" & 3 B/Trout to 13"

First time on the Monnow. Temperature never got much above freezing all day but still had a good day. I caught 8 grayling with M catching 3 Grayling plus a Chub around the pound mark. Not suprisingly nothing rising,caught all fish on leaded shrimp patterns. Pleased to find Grayling still well spread all down the river. Most of the Grayling 12" with a couple around 15".

Directions were excellent. Very cold day with hard overnight frost and a bitterly cold and brisk downstream wind. River was still carrying plenty of water although it was clear and pacey. Fished only from the hut downstream to where the woods began. The hut was very useful to put on/ take off waders in those cold conditions!

One rod - 13 grayling. One rod 8 grayling. One rod blank.

Fish were, as expected, hard on the bottom. Fish concentrated towards the top of the beat in the glides and successful methods were deep sunk weighted shrimp patterns fished Czech nymph style. Very nice stretch although access to the lower parts was not so easy due to undergrowth.

All in all a lovely although very cold day. Would recommend it strongly.

We caught 14 fish in all, 3 out of season brown trout to 13 inches and 11 grayling to 16 inches. A heavy frost and fog all day made for very few rising fish, all the better grayling being caught hard on the bottom on tungsten headed bugs or shrimp patterns as part of a czech nymph trio. A beautiful stretch of the river, the charms of which were not blunted by harsh conditions.

My first use of WUF waters..v.impressed..the guy at Severn Arms Hotel was helpful gave me a map of the beats and suggested a good spot for the grayling..had a nice trout first trot (with red maggots) and then a couple of grayling over a pound..one more trout before frostbite set in! Kites overhead all day and a salmon showed in mid afternoon.

This is a truly excellent scheme and I hope you grow your membership figures (more publicity?) and quantity of fishing available (mailshots to farmers and landowners?) at an equal rate to maintain this win-win situation.

Today fished the Skenfrith beat of the Monnow.The river has changed quite a bit since my last visit, floods have shifted gravels about changing the depths.

We both fished bugs for Grayling and managed 23 fish between us the largest I guess about 1.25 lb. A very. enjoyable day rounded off by a pint and thaw in front of the log fire in the Bell.

Life doesn't get any better!