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Had a very enjoyable days fishing on this beat. My first time fishing the Monnow. The river was a little low but managed to catch 6 WBT, 2 on dry fly, a tan klinkhammer. Then 4 fishing wet fly on a pheasant tail nymph. All fish about 11 inches and all returned. Will try to come back soon.

Long time since I last fished the Honddu and I did not catch it in the best of conditions, low, very clear and with that cool downstream wind that seems to have been around all season. Very few fish seen rising and not much fly life but I did manage 11 of of the rivers average sized brownies. Most fish in good condition but a couple came in like eels. Nice beat, have not fished it before and I am not sure if I fished it all ,having stopped at a locked gate just above the old bridge.
All fish came to size 16 Para Adams type dry.

Beautiful day to fish this little stream. Trout into double digits to hand and missed others that were like greased lightning. Most were between 5" to 10" with a few larger ones too. Parachute adams did the business all day. A drop of rain wouldn't hurt but there was enough flow to drift from pool to pool to find them.

An excellent day on the Wye despite higher then would have liked water. Over a dozen trout caught on wet olive flies, most fish around 9" mark, two trout at 15". Plenty of missed takes. Very interesting day. Thank you.

15 trout and 3 grayling, 5 trout between 12 and 14 inches and 1 grayling 1.5 lbs,very good days fishing,fish taken on klink and dink, most coming to size 18 gold head PT.

Second day, different beat. Really liked this attractive stretch, despite very steep foot only access and stile to river bank (why not a gate?) which puts elderly, trolley-encumbered anglers (me!) at risk of cardiac arrest. Managed it, and results well worth the struggle. River fining down, weather hot and bright but barbel, perverse creatures, fed in two concentrated spells at midday and in evening. Seven beautiful, hard-fighting fish betgween 5lb and 9lb, halibut pellets over hemp. Feeding hard when I had to pack up to tackle the great ascent back to car.

5 Barbel to 7lb

I fished the Lower Crai on Sunday - outstanding beat, 16 wbt caught in 3 hours!! It’s very encouraging to see this tributary in such fine shape.

Off the mark at last!! water 0.57m and coloured. No salmon showing. Hooked a 6lb grilse at the tree root in the Rockpool on black/gold FC. Hook came out in net, so returned the hen fish without handling. Hooked a larger double ten yards down, which had three strong runs down toward the Chine and came off. Both at 6.30 - 7pm.

Sparse trout rise late on probably due to colour. J P fished am and pm with no success.

4 fish released between 8" and 13."