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No fish today unfortunately, we had a great day but river was very low with heavier rain due tomorrow when we are fishing abercynrig so fingers crossed, it was however a beautiful river! Just couldn’t crack the code today.

1 Trout

Fished the bottom end of the beat. Overcast day with showers. The river was running very clear. Managed to land 4 brown trout on nymphs (PTN & Black Magic), ranging in size: 18, 27, 30 to 45 cm. Started using the duo technique and switched to contact nymphing after lunch. I hauled the big one out of a very narrow (1m wide), deep channel in the middle of the river bed just above the waterfall. Estimate that one to be around 2.5Ibs and it took some landing - absolutely stunning fish. I certainly don't catch them like that very often. (It was returned).
This is a beautiful, secluded stretch of the Usk. I was expecting to see more fish as each pool looks very fishy indeed. But the water is super clear and perhaps I spooked them or perhaps I'm not quite adequate for the task! The fish are certainly there and they fight hard whatever their size. Thanks to the WUF for making fishing like this available to us all.

4 Trout

Warm day and only able to fish mid morning to early afternoon. A bit of activity in the pools below the waterfall but only succeeded a trout of 2lb + away with my efforts. No catch to report. A lovely stretch of water.

-12” below normal Low. Bright warm 24 C.
Fishing 17-21:45. Most downstream the other upstream between parkibg 4 and 3.
1 trout on a red emerger
Its was terribly difficult. Most trot were sekectively hoovering surface in de still backwaters along the banks refusing our pale watery en red spent, emergers completely. I had just 1 take on a pale spent but didn’t hook.

1 Trout

Upstream from parking no. 2 a complete waste of time. River access nil. Wasted a morning finding this out.

From 17-21:30 Junction upto a little further than thecascade.
Betwedn 16-17:30 a thunderdtorm past over with just a little rain. In most pools only ocasionaly a few rising trout selectively feeding on spents , emergers of red spinner , Dark olive and maybe sherry spinner and Pale watery.. some sibbli g small insects hardly seen as arise. Tough fishing. 1 triut and hooked a heavy trout that brook on a bad leaderknot. Large beat just fished maybe 20%

1 Trout

River quite low….very few fish rising, in fact we only saw two fish all day. Warm, sunny day.
It is a beautiful beat but fishing is difficult in these conditions.
A lot of dog walkers, some dogs in the stream.

1 Trout

Very warm and the river was low. That said, there was a stiff upstream wind. Nice beat - much longer than I anticipated, so I only managed to work my way up half way. Will have to go back. Both fish caught on nymphs

2 Trout