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Some mayfly visible but few rising fish whilst I was there from 9am to 3pm. I stuck to weighted nymphs, catching 8 WBT, one of which was close to 2 pounds and several others around or just over the pound mark.

Fished 3 - 7:30 p.m on mainly dry but cool and overcast day. Nice golden trout of ca. 3/4 pound caught early on using pale watery type (light yellow-bodied dry fly) in riffled area just below island. Lovely fishing and am keen to return.

5 trout - 2 on a Klinkhammer and 3 on goldhead hares ear - all returned; nothing bigger than 1/2 pound. With a few fish rising started the day (a miserable one weather wise) with an Adams. After no offers changed to NZ style with a nymph fished under a Klinkhammer. Two fish came quickly to the Klinkhammer so I changed to fishing that on its own but without further success. I have it on good authority that the Klinhammer worked NZ style due to the weight on the nymph making it sit in the surface film (emerger style) rather than on it (the eternal fascination of trout fishing). 3 more fish in the afternoon all to nymphs fished bottom to mid water. Very interesting beat and easy to fish but caught the Usk in one of her more dour moods and the change in weather and low pressure did not help.

River very clear with a few flies about but not many rises. Temperature was several degrees lower than previous days with a cold wind. Caught 4 trout up to 12in on dry fly. Only able to fish till 12.30. First time I have fished here but would like to try again sometime.

Lovely beat, had 4 wbt to one rod and one to the other - all on s16 copperhead nymphs all around 10". Plenty of fly about but fish not really rising. Rose a couple on elk hair sedge later on but did not connect.

10 or so 8 inch browns on various dry flies one fish to about 1 1/4lb.

Very hot day. Not many rises. Caught 5 trout. 6" to 13".
Kept and ate the 13 incher, rest returned.

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Water very cold, chilly breeze. River conditions exellent for salmon, but sadly no sign of them. Later tried for trout at lower end of beat. Hooked and lost a pound class fish, then landed another slightly bigger on an elk hair sedge size 16. Fish returned. This beat would probably fish wonderfully for trout with 18 ins. less water.

No Salmon caught or seen, however two trout caught on a cascade. One at a pound and one a pound and a half. Beautiful strech of the river. Will be back and next time hopefully wont snap my salmon rod in two after only two hours....