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15lb salmon taken on fly and returned.

Out on the home turf again this morning. Having fished off and on last week, and having seen plenty of LDOs in the hour either side of midday, I was absolutely amazed to see a substantial number of grannom hatching from about 10.30 am. this morning - nothing before then. As Oliver says in his earlier report from Glanusk, this is really very early (I did see about half a dozen grannom on the Usk near Gilwern at the back end of last week though as well, but too few to interest any fish). Today however, the fish were after the emerging pupae as the grannom appeared once each passing cloud had gone. With each pulse of sun, the grannom lifted off and the fish then rose. As usual when the sun went in, so emergence ceased and the fish went down....and so it went on until about 1pm. Trout and grayling taken on my shuttlecock and parachute grannom pupa emerger patterns and some fish on dark olive patterns as well, once they emerged later on. If you are interested in grannom pupa emerger tying details and missed them in T and S, or in FF and FT in recent years, they are now published in an article on the Gwent Angling Society website. Maybe Wednesday's forecast rain will slow things down a bit and set back these very early hatches? March Grannom - just amazing!

Have had a couple of enjoyable lunchtime sessions on the home turf. LDOs from about 11.30 until 1.30 with trout and grayling rising. None with any consistency, given the trickle hatch, but enough to give away their locations. Some clearly taking duns but most not, so presumably on nymphs and emergers. Some seriously fit grayling and trout over a pound, and other smaller fish, taken on various LDO dun and emerger patterns. The sun on your back and spring is sprung - don't you just love it!