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Three WBT 9inch best on GH nymphs, mid-day rather disappointing, evening much more productive with fish rising to dries quite often. Shame I had leave early, something to come back to...
Beautiful sunny day, low and clear water, light upstream wind, salmon jumping...thank you WUF. Will be back sooner rather than later.

Around 12 fish released. Mostly in the 8 to 12 inch bracket. Cracking day!

Heavy rain and very high coloured water made fishing difficult, caught one brownie of about 1/2 a pound. Very good service from the Foundation.

Heavy overnight rain meant the Usk had risen almost 1 foot and was very coloured. Add to that the downstream gale and it was hard going. Stuck with it – found the bottom stretches had more shelter and less colour - and managed 4 small trout, best 8 inches.
Thanks all, will see if I can negotiate another weekend when conditions are more promising.

Enjoyed the beat immensely landing 5 trout between ½ and ¾ lb.

No catches but lost at least 5 fish, one of which was 1lb plus.

Managed two hard won 10 inchers (returned) on a nymph. No real surface activity.

First time on this beat for 2 novices. Such a beautiful piece of water and a pleasure to fish it. Wind and trees caused plenty of tangles and frustrated us a little. Fish were rising sporadically to hatch (Mayflies and Olives)throughout the day. We mixed Czech nymphing with dry fly and New Zealand method. 2 small wild brown trout taken to the net on gold bead olive nymph hung under a Klinkammer. Missed many more bites. No sign of bigger fish. Car park 1 in the wood upstream is a bit of an adventure to reach if you dont have a four wheel drive. Lovely, lovely day out. Will be back. Thank you WUF.

Nil return. Tricky downstream wind didn't help. Varied hatches during the day but only the odd fish rising. Handfull of takes off the top but could not connect with any. Nevertheless an enjoyable day in pleasant surroundings.
Easy and convenient parking close to the river.

I arrived at the water late in the morning. Several types of duns were hatching and fish (mostly small) were rising. Despite a stiffish and cool Westerly breeze, there was enough shelter down among the trees to find holes in the wind where the dry fly leader could be rolled out straight upstream. Worked up from the middle of the beat to the top taking two 4oz brownies and one of about a pound, all to a nondescript size 14 spider pattern that looked about the right colour (browny grey). All fish returned. The hatch died off about 1:00 and so did much of the activity. Spent the afternoon exploring the lower part of the beat, where a deep slow glide next to an exposed rock shelf just upstream from the lower car park took my eye. The river was low, which was probably just as well since, due to the tree-cover it was only possible to fish effectively by wading quite far out into the stream. Higher water would have made that tricky and, as it was, the chest waders were essential. Tried a spot of upstream nymphing, but to no effect. Determined to fish the "evening rise", I waited out the unproductive time and, at 7:45, returned to the spot I'd seen earlier. A few fish were rising but they weren't all the splashy rise that tells you its a tiddler. They seemed to be feeding on spent flies. After a few offers that were ignored, I tied on an thin-bodied (no braid, just silk) size 14 Greenwell spider that I must have tied 30 years ago. One decent fish came short to it straight away, then a few minutes later it was taken solidly by a magnificent fish that turned out to weigh 2lb 12oz. One smaller fish about 8 oz took it too, but I put him back. Activity ended about 8:30 and I went home, very happy. Thanks to WUF and David Jones Powell for a very enjoyable day.