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The river was down a touch on yesterday and slightly clearer but still carrying a tinge. We knew big rain was coming by early afternoon so we were on the river by 10am. We fished from 10 to about 1.30pm. The weather alternated from light drizzle to dry but overcast. At lunchtime we saw hatches of olives of several different sizes and caddis. And the sand martins were furiously swooping, even when we could see nothing so presumably it was midges. But, given a moderate to good hatch, not a rise was seen. One fish of a pound and a bit was taken on a montana-type small streamer, another better fish turned but not hooked on something similar under the trees and another fish pricked on a PTN nymph on the edge of some faster water. I was glad to introduce Pete to the Usk this weekend and I think his appetite has been whetted, despite our relatively poor catch. Putting the rods away now til next spring, sadly.

1 Trout

Disappointed with featureless beat other than two areas of interest. Very few fish showing, two or three all day.
Birdlife was great other than the Goosanders and Cormorants!!! Will not return.

River at nice level. Water clear. Fish activity in the evening.

No fish. No rise in the afternoon. River appears in good condition

The beat is VAST! There was a lot of algae making things quite slippery underfoot. River is in pretty good condition and gin clear in the shallower sections. Access to the river itself is generally ok although caution should be taken as sone of the banks are slightly steep but easily doable if done slowly.
Saw three pretty decent sized fish when I first arrived but sadly everything I offered wasn’t even sniffed at! The insect life wasn’t as abundant as I expected and very little rising. I left just after 7pm.

i thought the chub were trout - they were rising on the surface - caught them on a dry fly.

1 Trout, 2 Chub

I had two fish out of the rapids at the bottom limit of the beat first thing in the morning, one small and one much bigger around 3 1/2lb. My friend had one small trout put of the same stretch later in the day.
water very low and gin clear, lots of fish seen but mostly not interested.

3 Trout

Fly fishing the beat at Dan y Parc. Novice pair of anglers; water looked a bit lower than probably normal, but plenty of fish seen moving about. Overcast for much of the day with a decent breeze blowing downstream which made life a bit tricky for our inexperienced attempts.
Tried nymph for the most part. Nothing was rising and nothing was interested in our offers.
Lovely place to spend the day though.

3 Trout

One small trout to spider. Lots of fish moving but couldn’t work out what they were on. Note, access on left bank is impossible as I found out. Use right bank.

1 Trout