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Rather high water and some colour. Few rises.

1 Trout

I note the comments from R.H. From Ledbury re illegal fishing on this stretch. I phoned about this last year where one family fishing worm stationary on same beat most evening, cans of beer lobbed in made it ever more picturesque.

2 Trout

This is my third visit to this beat & on each occasion I have encountered groups of poachers using worm & spinners. I spoke to a local fly fisherman who said that this activity is ruining this stretch of the river as they are taking a lot of fish. Although there are warning signs against this type of fishing I've never seen a bailiff here in all the years I've fished here. This year it seems to be on the increase.
WUF Note: Please report any suspected illegal fishing to the Natural Resources Wales emergency line as soon as you can: 0800 80 70 60.

River coloured but not high and clearing as the day went on. Not much activity in the day but a nice evening rise. All three fish were strong and in good condition. Saw one fish with a fungus infection.

3 Trout

Dry fly were the fly of the day size 16. Biggest fish about 2lb.

8 Trout

Very nice day, with 3 or 4 others fishing the same beat. Water levels very low for the time of year, but right through the day there seemed to be fish ready to take a nymph wherever there was broken water and a little depth. Nothing of any size though. Four were around 6 - 8oz, and three more smaller - salmon parr size. Maybe they were salmon parr??

7 Trout

Caught 10 fish each, all on weighted nymphs. Very bright day, no hatch and no fish rising. A very nice fishery.

20 Trout

First time fishing a river like this having recently returned to the sport, 2 small trout lost, loads of fish around, lack of fish caught a reflection on my skill on a river rather than on this lovely stretch which seemed to be full of life.

My bro and I only caught 1 fish each but this is our lack of river skills and nothing to do with the beat.
It's a very pretty beat in a lovely setting, plenty of fish rising, March browns and others coming off, mainly nyphing but also tried dries, we need to get some lessons in river craft.

2 Trout

11 x trout 10-17 inches, various spiders. Today I was faced with a bit of a quandary, trying to work out some water which might be in fishing condition after all the rain and flooding. Going up the Usk as far as Brecon turned out to be good enough. It was a miserable day, with that cold gale still blowing, downstream in this case, but spiders worked well enough in slightly coloured water - Waterhen Bloa, Dark Moorgame, and especially Woodcock and Hare's Lug. I was going to report that there was no hatch at all, but I did find a solitary march brown on the handle of my spare rod when I picked it up to go home.

11 Trout