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No fish caught but wonderful to be on Usk, albeit on low water with slim hope of fish running with heavy rain at back end.

Quite a nice beat but would benefit from a little work. Great for left handers as most of the casting is from the bank so not really possible to double spey or snake roll. I can fish left handed but its not as easy as fishing right handed and due to the overhanging trees on the far bank some accuracy is required. Would just about support two rods with decent water but in low water there would only be enough fishing for one rod. Had a coloured cock of about 6lb and five nice trout up to 1.5lb. Also had a few good pulls. A good day out.

1 Salmon, 5 Trout

River levels low which enabled access to parts of this beat that would otherwise be tricky to fish.
Relative novice and myself caught three WBT to 10 inches on pheasant tail nymph patterns.

3 Trout

A great day for fishing - the weather was light rain and drizzle the trout where rising. Not that I could catch them on a dry. I tried lots but my inexperience let me down.
Went on to fish duo method in the afternoon and caught 2 trout, 1 of about 9" and another lovely trout about 18" or around 1 1/2 lb, both on a ptn. Great spot, hope to come back next year.

2 Trout

Sorry to report no fish spotted or caught.

This beat is not of the quality described in the passport and is fairly limited in extent. The 'walkway' is largely broken up and a large part of it has fallen in the river. The river bed is boulders not gravel making wading difficult, and the beat was poorly maintained with the steps from the car park overgrown with brambles.
Despite the recent rain the river is as summer level and there was no sign of fish.

Weather overcast and dry, good conditions, river clear. 2 Small trout to 6 inches returned. The fishing was very hard, no rises, no fish seen. We thought this beat was rather expensive in the circumstances.

2 Trout

Beautiful stretch of river with clear water and bright sunlight. Only fished 10am to 1pm, probably a mistake. Only saw one fish, none taken. Using klink hammer size 14 and stone fly nymph size 14. Numerourous changes of nymph. Lovely stretch with loads of small pools, surprised at the result. Probably time of day, will be back.

Got there nice and early, grey and overcast but not cold. Caught two nice browns in lovely condition, the first was about 1lb caught on a grey wulff, second about 3/4 lb also caught on a wulff. Saw a much bigger one in the crystal clear waters but he was smart and not having any of it. Both fish I caught were returned, great day, lovely surroundings and what more could I ask for.

2 Trout

Nothing caught.