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6 Trout

A very cold and windy day, so difficult to cast successfully! We saw no fish, but enjoyed the scenery. A local dog walker told us that there is a brood of nine Goosander chicks upstream from the stone bridge at the first access point to the river....

Cold, strong downstream wind. Considerable fly life, but not too much surface activity from fish. 6 small WBT on dries and nymphs. Very nice beat. My friend have seen a 3rd person fishing on our bank- we were not aware that anybody else booked the beat for that day.
WUF Note: The owner of this beat reserves the right to fish an extra rod every day of the week. This is stated on the beat's webpage description.

6 Trout

Fish up to sixteen inches. The best two caught on black beaded flashback nymphs with five smaller fish on dries. I'm not sure what type of flies though. They were small brown caddis I think. River was slightly coloured but level was very manageable. Quite a nice stretch for a days fishing.

7 Trout

Perfect fishing conditions. River slightly discoloured. Nothing caught Saw other anglers fishing the same beat ahead of me.
WUF Note: Cefn Rhosan Fawr is mostly single bank fishing so it is quite possible that the other anglers were legitimate. That said, there have been reports of 2 anglers illegally fishing this part of the Usk (maroon coloured Range Rover). Anyone seen spinning at this time of year should be reported asap to the emergency line 0800 80 70 60.

Water seemed just right - up a bit from the week before. Weather cool with showers. We each caught a nice trout 1¼lb and 1½lb around midday. Then things slowed down until a rise about 2pm enabled us to get two more a bit under 1lb on a dry fly. Two more tiddlers later in the afternoon.

6 Trout

A lovely day to choose to go fishing; after the deluge and before the gales! I'm rarely as lucky as this. The beat looked ravishing and there were flies to behold. False March Browns, I think. But the trout weren't interested and few rises were seen during the day. But prospecting with a large dry fly produced results and 3 small trout were caught. The large Ephemeroptera disappeared by mid day and I put on a nymph and caught another 3 trout from streamier sections of the river. In the afternoon I found 2 fish rising in a slow glide, managed to rise them both to a small dry fly and of course, pricked one and failed to hook the other.
Red kites, swallows, martins, wagtails and dippers added to a delightful day.

6 Trout

Good days fishing with some healthy, hard fighting fish.
Good hatch of olives and March browns from lunch time till about 4ish. Most of the fish taken on dries targeting rising fish.

12 Trout

Fished in the afternoon, bright blustery day, very occasional fish rising, caught nothing, but lovely stretch of the river.

Returned. Very bright and river very low and clear. I was only able to stay until 4pm and suspect that evening may have been more productive. Fished a mixture of nymph or dry depending on the water. Tough day's fishing but lovely beat to be on never the less.

1 Trout