Tuesday the 18th saw me out on the Monnow, well the Honndu to be exact.

The wier on the Honndu, tributary of the River Monnow

As you can see it is a rather well oxygenated bit of water. I had a really great day fishing this new beat available through the passport scheme of the Wye and Usk Foundation .
The Day was full of sport with all the fish coming to A heavy GRHE despite fishing a leader of three flies; GRHE on the point with a size 18 PTN on the middle dropper and a small black and peacock on the top dropper.

The best of the day

A lovely early season brown trout fronm the Monnow system. Caught on a tungsten beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph

After a while I took the other flies of my leader and just fished the point fly.

There was quite a difference in the markings of the fish I caught. As this one demonstrates.

Large spotted, Brown trout from the River Honndu

Here is another just to prove the point.

River Honndu Brown Trout caught while fly fishing.