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A cold day, but fish started to move at about 11. Lard dark olives hatched, not in any great numbers but got the fish moving. A nice beat, the lower section is lovely! Will be up to fish this again soon.....

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A stunning beat. I fished after a long dry spell but a night of rain. Disappointingly, there was a hatch all day but I only saw one fish freely rising all day. I saw one other large trout moving, but having fished 3 W&UF beats now and only caught one brown trout on a nymph, I'm concerned that not much of the £17 day ticket is going into stocking!
WUF Note: As far as we are aware, there are only one or two remaining fisheries that stock trout into the Usk. The Foundation's policy, and that of many fishery owners (to whom most of the day ticket revenue is passed to), is to boost wild stocks by investing in the restoration of habitat and access to spawning grounds. We are always happy to advise anyone struggling to catch on Passport beats - 01874 712 074.

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River a bit low and clear but some nice fish rising, no takes. Young mink and big cormorant cleared several of the pools before me.

Tried fishing dry flies and nymphs but no fish hooked or caught.

I fished the bottom beat, it was sunny, the water low and clear. I managed 1 BT at around 11 inches on a caddis pupa in the faster water.

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Arrived in the afternoon intending to stay for the evening rise, parking at the bridge. After finding that I'd left the upper beat map 180 odd miles away I made a quick recce of the lower section. On the way back to the car a couple of families with young kids came hurtling down the hill from above the sewerage station mid beat and on returning to the car a mini bus arrived and fifteen others got out and made for the river! I drove to the lowest access point to confine my fishing to a quarter of the beat. And guess who was there when I entered the water?! A gang of Goosanders, only my collective noun for them but I think it suited these guys! Six of the buggers! They seemed to be stalking a minks "nest" like a bunch of teen yobs out side a rivals house! Most strange? With hot sun and low water, a shortened beat and this competition, I consider myself fortunate to post a catch of one eight inch brownie via olive emerger.

WUF note - Please contact the Foundation on the day of fishing should incidents like this occur. We can then contact the owner and deal with the problem very quickly and get it rectified.

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Fished lower stretch, mainly in the shade, but mid-day hours (left at 6 pm). River fairly low but running fast, masses of minnows in the shallows. one trout seen below the water and three or four rises, but our small brown floaters did not tempt them. A Heron spotted several times. No catch but nevertheless a great day out on a beautiful stretch of river. Will come again (in May!)

Bright day, low water and only a few small trout but a very pretty location and will be heading back when conditions improve.

A beautiful sunny day on the river lovely beat to fish. Unfortunately the water level was rather low and water was very clear. Started fishing at Sennybridge and made our way down to the end of the beat. We had no luck on the top part of the river and did not see any fish rising at all. When we got down to the small waterfall I hooked a small brown trout about 6 ounces which I returned. Apart from this did not catch anything although we did see quite a few fish rising in the pools above and below the waterfalls.We also saw lots of small hatchlings in these pools as well.
Apart from this a great day out and a good walk along the river banks which have been kept in good condition.
Look forward to fishing this beat again when the water level is slightly higher up.

1 Trout

1 Trout