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Two small brownies caught on a greenwells and released. A beautiful stretch of river. Heavy rain in the morning and a warm sunny afternoon. Very little surface activity. Saw two salmon but hardly a trout. Access is okay when working upstream - if you can find the steps.

2 Trout

Bright and sunny with water low but with a tinge of colour. Lots of caddis flying, and some olives and stoneflies but the few rises were small fish or salmon parr. 8 trout, up to 12 inches caught mainly on a tiny nymph but one to two on a dry. Close encounter with a black mink on the bank, but no otters this time.

8 Trout

Good level to the river and just a tinge of colour on arrival. Promising start with a few small trout to GRHE. Some truly tropical downpoors added more colour to the river and the fishing slowed down. However three further trout added 8-13inches made a very satisfactory day an a excellent antidote to the recent low rivers.

6 Trout

River quite high and fast and gusty winds, and the water very coloured. 1 small trout about 6 inches returned.

1 Trout

Did not fish for salmon on the day; booking the salmon ticket was always optimistic. River level was fine for trout of which we saw plenty but caught none.
We didn't fish the lower beat pools (Blue and Chain) as getting into the river appeared a lot easier than getting back out. Generally the beat is lovely and we found the easiest access where a stream runs in a couple of fields upstream of Ashford House. We had no problems wading.

Imagine my disappointment to find on arrival a rise going on at 0930 in the morning when I had imagined a quiet time simply sitting in the sun and enjoying a summer break. Catching them was another matter in gin clear and low water where the fish were moving constantly, as if in a lake! Is there a more beautiful valley than that of the Usk?

1 Trout

Lovely day but sadly no fish.

A few small fish seen. None caught. One other angler fishing.

Warm and overcast, with only a slight breeze, gave us ideal conditions; and lower water meant we could wade through long sections of the beat.
Almost all of our fish were taken from the top half of the beat - from the bridge downstream, and were caught using very small nymph and spider patterns (PTNs, Copper Johns, Iron Blue Nymphs, Greenwells Spiders). All fish were in great condition (best to about 1.5 lbs) and all safely returned.
Long sections of the banks have become heavily overgrown, so access needs to be chosen carefully, and caution exercised when getting in and out of the water (a wading staff is highly recommended).

14 Trout

Low water and bright but fish rising here and there all day, not in the fast water but in the extensive glides that characterises this beat. Would be a difficult beat to fish in higher water as very limited access and only option is to wade.

1 Trout