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A very windy day made for difficult conditions with little fly life showing. Having said that only 1 came to a nymph, the most successful fly - a size 14 black Klink. Best fish 18in with 2 at 16in.
The one that got away, a very big fish, after giving a right old run around dissapeared under the road bridge into the next beat, sorry about that.

9 Trout

All in all a good day's fishing. Conditions were a bit challenging with fairly constant rain/drizzle and the temperature not getting much above 12 degrees. There were a trickle of olives and other flies hatching through the day but nothing significant. That said, from 1-3pm the trout were rising enthusiastically to those that were there. Caught 6 trout to 1.5 lb, equally split between the middle section around the Salmon pool and above Penpont bridge. Really plump fresh spring trout. Great sport. One caught on a goldhead PTN at lunchtime, the rest on a small Adams through the afternoon. The rain finally drove me off the river at 6pm. A wonderful day and a lovely beat.

6 Trout

Very good conditions on this lovely stretch of water. We fished from midday until aroung 19:45 with a total catch of 9 trout to 14", all on Grey Wulff. For us this was one of our best days and we came away pleased with oursleves despite one broken rod and a lost wading staff. Will go back and will maybe find the wading staff somewhere.

9 Trout

Both to nymph. River had some colour initially and was up. Then within 30mins it coloured right up with a lot of debris coming down. Started to clear a bit later in the day but remained up.

2 Trout

A beautiful spring day on the Usk. My first visit this far upstream. After a quiet morning the Olives started to appear at lunchtime, with several fish rising to them. I couldn't persuade them to take my offerings. Mid afternoon I hooked into a nice 14" WBT using a pale spider, one that I had tied, which added to the pleasure. Fish safely released. I covered only a fraction of the beat and will be back soon to explore some more.

1 Trout

All returned. Bright day and river low and clear but fish in 1/2lb to best at 1 1/2 lb. 2 to dry fly (cdc daddy that was similar in size and colour to the hatch of olives), rest to black stonefly nymph.

5 Trout

Difficult conditions. Water level fairly low, bright sunshine and cold wind. Few flies coming off and few rises. Managed 6" fish on Nymph fished deep.

1 Trout

One fish @ 14", the other @ 6". Cold easterly wind, no hatch discernible. Both fish taken on weighted nymph.

2 Trout

A bright sunny spring day and a joy to be on the river. There was a strong cold wind all day and lovely but unrelenting sunshine. Very few fish showed on the surface (to be precise 4 rises all day) I was fortunate to catch one, a 2lb strong fat fish (how quickly they get into condition). Another fish came to a nymph in fast water. There were a few LDOs and even fewer grannom stuttering off in the middle of the day. Most curious event was a chaffinch flying down and grabbing my dry fly of the river. Luckily it didn't impale itself and flew off the wiser.

2 Trout

Another beautiful day to be by the river. Unfortunately, although warm, the insects did not seem to want to come out and play and consequently the fish were happy to stay mainly out of sight.
Very few rising fish seen. Those that did rise were shown a fly but only two fish, both under 1lb, succumbed. Successful flies were size 16 para adams and size 12 black klink.

2 Trout