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Somewhat ambitious fishing today. The river was brown and the current too fast for wading. Fished all styles from 10.30 to 5pm with only one bite at 11am. Plenty of fly life but no fish seen except for a salmon which showed itself briefly. Disappointing as the Beat looked promising in good conditions.

Had a great first ever day on the Usk. Water seemed low and despite some hatches there was little in the way of any rises throughout the day. Fished a tungsten bead hares ear nymph for most of the day and had short periods of multiple bites and then long periods of no action. Should have landed more fish with the chances I had but caught a fish of 18" (around 2lbs) so was happy with the new UK PB WBT, stunning looking fish as well. Fish was safely returned along with all others caught. Will definitely be back later in the year.

5 Trout

Had a good day fishing this stretch which we had not visited before with 6 WBT up to about 1lb.
Interestingly we had a 'conversation' with another angler who was fishing the top end of the beat as a member of the Merthyr club and who thought that the Passport scheme beat was less extensive than as shown on the beat map provided to us? It would be helpful for the benefit of other anglers to clarify this situation and if part of the beat is shared then it would be good to make this clear on the web site.

6 Trout

4 Trout

Cold down stream wind made fishing challenging, occasional small hatch of olives got a few fish rising. Two fish about 1.0 lb

2 Trout

Jones senior took two trout to a green olive. Both good sizes. The Second fish was the largest at just under 1Ib. Lovely scenic beat, shame about the wind and hail stones!

2 Trout

Weather very cold at times with sleet and hail. Thunder threatening. Then the sun would come out and warm things up a bit. Swallows flying low over river and some buzzers in evidence. Saw three nice fish but could not tempt any. Gave up soon after as weather looked like taking a turn for the worse.

Not cold but no hatch whatever. 2 small trout on nymph. Disappointing.

2 Trout

Fished the morning for salmon - no takes switched to trout rods in the afternoon and had great sport 7 landed all over 1lb 2 over 2lb and lots more lost. The Beat has obviously taken a battering over the winter and could do with a little tidying up but great little beat nonetheless.

7 Trout

River Usk lovely clear water although well above normal levels. lots of branches and trees brought down by flood making access to the top pool on the beat really difficult and dangerous. the condition of the access is really neglected with broken steps and mud. the footpath as described in the beat notes down the side of the river has been in parts washed away and the wooden section is in really bad condition with rot and broken treads. With the extra water in the river one slip and you are in real trouble with some of the deeper parts of the river. this section needs some significant maintenance work to bring this up to standard.
The quality of fish and fishing for trout was good with deep nymphs being the order of the day with fish caught up to almost 2 lb and bigger fish lost. would fish this again when hopefully some clear up work as been undertaken.
GP and NP

15 Trout