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One of those confusingly challenging days! Fish rising very sporadically but very difficult to tempt. Tried everything from a size 20 IOBO to emerging mayfly. Eventually managed a fabulous fish of approaching 3lb, plus another of 12oz or so. Saw a salmon leap in the tail of tail. A lovely beat with clearly some large trout.

2 Trout

3 Trout

5 Lovely trout all on a Jingler. Not a lot rising although few Danica and Yellow Mays were coming off.

5 Trout

Arrived at the fishery a little later than hoped due to a few too many beers the previous evening. Absolutely stunning place and totally unexpected from what I've seen of the rest of the Usk. Access is relatively easy and didn't see another person all day.

I started swinging a small bottle tube through Tail Pool; briefly hooked into what was either a salmon or the mother of all trout. Few big head shakes and fly came out. Pool fishes quite nicely and definitely worth a go! Not much true fly water elsewhere, but Thorn Pool is also worth a swing, particularly with a little more water.

Did find two trout sipping emerging olives later in the afternoon as the sun began to drop. Managed to get colleague into a decent casting position, he missed the first fish before hooking the other. He proceeded to land his first Usk brownie of 2lb on a tiny cdc emerger after cracking fight. Nothing else really rising despite good hatches of sedge, olive and the odd mayfly.

Would love to know who owns/sells fishing on the left bank here, it seems a magnet for some very large trout, especially at the top of the Greenbank beat.

As a note to dog owners: Lots of sheep in the beat field. Took my lab who isn't really bothered by livestock, but be aware.

1 Trout

10 Trout

Cold grey day. Little fly. Fewer rises. Rose three caught two. One on dry March brown, one on wet March brown. Tried lots of other flies without result. These Usk trout are no pushovers.! Kept best 1 lbs 4oz

2 Trout

14 inch trout kept . Other released.

2 Trout

2 Trout

Very cold with north wind made it tough. A trout to a ptn and lost another good fish. Will return in better conditions.

1 Trout

Very few rising trout, despite plenty of sand martins about. Used dry fly and caught 4 trout. 2 were small, the other 2 were just over the pound and I kept them. They both carried cormorant damage. I uprighted a ewe which was cast on her back. Farmer thanked me. Several goosanders on the river.

4 Trout