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Hottest day of the year. High sun. Low water. Definitely not trout fishing conditions. Not a fish rose all day. However, we managed to tease out a couple of nice fish. 10" and 12"+, using tungsten-weighted nymphs in the deeper runs. Very happy with these fish given the conditions.

2 Trout

Warm, overcast, light breeze, sporadic light hatches. No excuse really is there. However the Penpont trout had other ideas. Not many rising unfortunately. Three fish up to a pound that were hard won. Had to wait til 8pm for two of them on BWO. Daytime fish on parachute Adams. Hard work but very enjoyable.

3 Trout

Evening ticket. Cool wind blowing but some fish rising to spinners.

10 Trout

Water low and clear. Odd fish started rising late afternoon. Managed four fish to 1.5lbs on shuttlecock emergers.

4 Trout

1 Trout

Water high and coloured. Fished weighted nymphs for four fish to 1.5 lbs

4 Trout

A few fish rising in the morning, then very quiet the rest of the day. Water quite low, chilly wind blowing down river. Very enjoyable day despite only 1 fish which took a small green Klink. Hope to return for another attempt. Lovely beat.

1 Trout

Pretty hard going for two fish. It is a lovely beat and looks as though it should be a lot easier. Fish were rising but refusing to take almost everything !

2 Trout

First time on the Usk, river appeared VERY low for the time of year. Fished from 5pm to 9pm, saw some massive trout in the pools and flats which were very slow moving and crystal clear, fish were extremely wary. Spooked loads of fish wading even in ultra stealth mode. Loads of flies hatching mayfly, olives and others I couldn't identify. Missed a couple of takes on a para Adams dry fly early on but fish seemed to be taking nymphs just below the surface. Got my reward for some hard work late on with a 12 inch wild brown trout then lost one about the same size fishing an unweighted nymph just sub surface. Big fish were ultra wary and spooked very easily, probably due to low later conditions. Observed several very big wild brown trout sitting in really shallow water. Will return, lovely beat.

1 Trout

4 Trout