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1 WBT < 1lb on a heavy dark size 10 nymph from deep run downstream from the bridge at 1400. Hands stopped working after 2hrs on the water because it was a chilly day!

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Water quite high, and a brisk cold wind, so we had to pick our spots carefully. Fish were taken on small nymphs and spider patterns, and all safely returned.

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No salmon seen or encountered. A nice beat but couldn't find the path to the bottom two pools, very overgrown.

Tough day with very little rising. Missed a few and lost a few before finally getting one to stick to an olive emerger above the canal bridge. I reminded two canoeists that there was no right of navigation on the Usk and rather than kick up a fuss they graciously did not put in but continued down the canal. If only they were all like that......

1 Trout

River quite high, 1' on the Brecon gauge, made wading difficult and the fish were making themselves scarce. Rose two fish but did not manage to set the hook. Nil return today.
Note the field alongside the hut has been ploughed and is no longer accessible with a vehicle. There is no headland along part of the river bank so wading through the mud is necessary to access the weir area. The parking space by the canal remains accessible.

1 x trout on nymph

1 Trout

Only marginally fishable (with a fly), both in terms of height and colour, at about 0.9m on the Chainbridge gauge. I tried a fast-sink line and brass tube to no avail. Incidentally, the two salmon pools marked for the Canal & Rivers Trust part of this combined beat (which seem to be essentially the mill pool and its extension) are physically almost unfishable from the right bank because of heavy tree-growth, extending to where you are attempting to wade in heavy water and even over the presumed salmon lies. Some heavy pruning (some of which I attempted by hand!) is needed and would not be too great an effort.

Difficult day, fish taking very small midge/gnats and very wary in the clear water. Struggled until almost dark and then managed a few during a Pale Watery hatch.

6 Trout

All fish caught swinging wets on the pool below the bridge

6 Trout