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Really enjoyed fishing this beat bit of extra water makes all the difference, lots of flies hatching including the large brook duns caught 3 nice fish on a dry fly.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

No rises seen and no luck in general!

1 x 7 inch trout, Goldbead Hare's Ear, first of the season. Well, I would have wished to be out on the Usk today, but there was too much water coming down it for my liking. There was plenty of cold water tumbling down the Honddu from the Black Mountains also, although it was certainly fishable. However, I suspect all the little trout except this one were still tucked up in bed and perhaps I should have been. What a strange spring! It was snowing hard while I was fishing a lake yesterday, although the rainbows were really going for it. Today I saw marsh-marigolds in full bloom in a Monmouthshire bog, which is at least 6 weeks early. Some hawthorn hedges near Abergavenny are already in leaf.

1 Trout

very cold, no fly hatching. Trout quarter to half pound. Grayling juvenile.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

The river was clearing during the morning. I lost three trout before lunch, caught four in the afternoon. One 7 inches, two 8 inches and a ten inch fish, all on a dry sedge. Not easy, but great fun. Stayed the night before and the night afterwards at the Caravan club site at Pandy. Excellent site on the bank of the Honddu.
Saw dippers, kingfishers, and for the first time ever, an otter. What a lovely river. My thanks to the Foundation for making this beat available.

4 Trout

Dry fly.

River conditions seemed little affected by recent rains: level up only slightly and a hint of colour. The upper part of the beat is mainly broken water with a few pools. The fish taken were confident risers to Tups and Kites Imperial on the middle/lower part.

2 Trout

I was in the area so tried the Honddu for the first time.
After sheltering under a tree during a thunderstorm for the first half an hour I started around 1pm.
The river was running very low and under a dense tree canopy I found it quite dark and difficult to read the water. Managed 3 trout between 6 and 10 inches from the faster runs on small weighted nymphs.

3 Trout

The other angler was my friend O M and he will make separate return. Really disappointing. Looked very promising. Loads of fly life BUT saw not a single rise and caught not a single fish!!
Maybe lots of reasons of course - Were we too early in the day? Fished from about 9.30a.m. Tried all sorts - so after a few hours we gave up and drove home.

Plenty of flies coming off but no sign of any fish.