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It was a cool (10 degs) and mainly heavily overcast day. A sparse hatch of midges, olives plus the odd march brown came off between about 12n and 1:30pm. The trout were mildly interested and a few rose (albeit most were oncers). I got one trout of between 13 & 14” on a dry (16# gingler) but to my surprise nothing on nymphs. My mate fared similarly. A lovely beat, I enjoyed fishing it.

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Typical early March day on the Usk. Grateful the river was at a good fishable height given the rain recently. Reasonable hatch of LDOs & a few March Browns between 1-2pm. Hooked and lost one right in the tail of a pool on a dry. Then landed another. Not a monster but got the season up and running.

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A short evening visit.
One trout on an Adam’s Klink, the others on a wet medium olive.

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Having lost a decent salmon on the Wye yesterday, it was a case of getting back on the horse today albeit on a very shrunken river Usk. Managed to tempt one to the surface in the clear water with a Greenwell but the only way to get their attention seemed to be by presenting a nymph tight to the bank under overhanging foliage. Needless to say my fly box will need a bit of replenishment. Almost exactly a year ago I had a fabulous days fishing here with the trout on the take for hours on end, but it was pretty dour today. The thundery conditions didn’t help, heavy showers during a challenging days fishing.

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Lovely beat, only one trout of about 3/4lb on a nymph in the faster water. Saw plenty rising but they were sporadic and I couldn’t work out what they were taking, tricky in the low clear water too.

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River exceptionally low. Bright conditions. Hatches of yellow May duns, midges, a few mayfly. Not at all easy. One fish on a dry fly, one fish on an olive spider.

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Two trout caught in the faster water using nymphs. Great day on the river.

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