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Blazing sunshine, warmer (got up to 17 degrees) but a persistent downstream wind. The river is very low and gin clear. I tried a couple of spiders with a small orange-collared gold head PTN on the point. But unlike yesterday ( maybe due the helpful cloud cover then?) it was hard work. A very quick hatch of LDOs was over almost as soon as it started and despite quickly changing to my dry rod, I only raised one fish (which didn’t stick) and then they stopped. But 40 mins later a better hatch started which lasted about half an hour or so. It’s wonderful when on a sunny spring day you are knee deep in a run and fish are rising all around you, one even under my rod. I covered them again and again but they just chose the natural six inches to the side… I tried the spiders again and caught a feisty half pounder on the PTN. Thinking the hatch over I was contemplating my pork pie when I realised it was actually still going. And in some surprisingly skinny and bobbly water, I took a much better fish of about 1.5 lb on an upstream LDO dry. Magic! The sand martins were very busy on the mud banks and (famous last words) it feels like we have seen the back of winter. Spring trouting on the Usk. Not much better than that. Thank you WUF!

2 Trout

River low and clear was not helped by a cloudless sky. Brief MB hatch and rise around 10.30 and then nothing else for rest of the day. Did manage a nice fish on an emerger.

1 Trout

The day started clear and sunny, about 7C when I started fishing at 1030. Breeze picked up from 11 and the best is quite exposed so I felt the cold, especially when it clouded over at noon. Water is a brisk 4C and I forgot my thermals so was chilled to the bone and finished at 3 as a few spots of rain started.

No hatch or other fly life seen and no fish made themselves obvious. I tried heavy bugs in the deep channels, nymphs drifted under dries and spiders fished down and across - nothing doing today.

Good access to the beat which feels nice and secluded. I imagine it will be lovely when a tad warmer!

Bright sunshine, downstream breeze, Salmon spotted jumping between Tail of the Tail and Below Tail. 5 very nice browns caught.

5 Trout

First time on Greenbank beat. Fascinating, and very different from further upstream. Not easy to find the fish - assuming they were feeding at all. Very few rises except for about 15 minutes about 8pm. But the one I did catch was a nice one of about 1¼lbs, on a nymph.

1 Trout

1 Trout

Very tricky conditions, sunny, low water and downstream wind. Had a 14" trout on a nymph, and a couple of smaller fish at last light. Spinner fall at 7:30pm, couldn't work out for the life of us what they were eating - quite frustrating! Some days you think that you have the game worked out, not today...

3 Trout

4 Trout

Caught 3, missed a few myself or they missed the fly lol. Very nice location and feels like I should have done better but at least caught something

3 Trout

Lovely beat. We only fished for a few hours in the afternoon. Teaching my wife and daughter how to cast! Saw several rises and I think we would have had a successful day if we had focused on fishing (catching!).

We will definitely return.