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4 Trout

Bright sunny day with cool upstream breeze.
Not much happening until midday, at which point thd odd LDO started coming off. By 12.30 a few fish were showing and more olives about.
Accuracy in casting was tested with the blustery wind and long leader.
3 fish came up for the fly, 2 hooked and one refusal.
The action lasted less than an hour, which is the shortest I have noticed in the last 2 weeks (maybe due to the wind?)
Both fish similar size at about 1lb.
Very pleasant, if short, spell of fishing.

2 Trout

Very low water, a small spell of olives and a few rising fish at 1 pm for 1 hr

1 Trout

A nil return…
Early Season can be fickle, and today was fickle with a capital F….
A few Grannom, and few Large Dark Olives and a few smaller Olives.
And a few occasional risers.
But not enough to properly go at.
Great to be out on the river though.

5 beautiful Usk trout all of a good size 14-18 inches. Mixture of dry and nymphs. LDO hatch 12-2.

5 Trout

12 Trout

Lovely beat! No trout caught, one hooked on black gnat in near darkness but lost before getting to the net. On to the next season!

I find this a tricky beat, but lovely day nonetheless. River was in good condition. A good sized fish on a nymph, and a smaller less wise fish on the dry.

2 Trout

4 Trout

The river was running with a tinge of colour so I started with nymphs in the pocket water. I had a good response with fish hitting hard, some coming to the net, and some on and off. Latter on there was some surface activity to olives, needle fly and pale wateries so I was able to have to finish this short season on the Usk with the dry fly. All fish in good condition and returned ranging from 12" - 16".

9 Trout