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An enjoyable day, though conditions challenging. two reasonable size fish hooked, but lost both :0( Three men fished through the beat with spinners whilst I was fishing, which was rather frustrating!

Fine day. Overcast and sunny spells. River looking good. Caught 1 WBT on blank klinkhammer on one of the lovely glides at the start of the beat. Lost 2 or 3 in similar location. Note was vet politely told that you may not park in the post office car park.

1 Trout

Quite difficult conditions with frequent showers of much needed rain but river very low. A fair amount of fly life hatching mostly bright yellow bodies. No luck with gold heads so switched to dry even though no rises. Had a few rises to a yellow dry and managed to hook one. Later had two on a small yellow emerger at top of beat. Watched otters playing for ten minutes fifteen yards from me and decided to leave it to the experts!

3 Trout

River low with a distinct brown tinge. Very few rises and just a trickle of flies coming off. 2 trout, 2lbs and 1lb, both returned. Dogs in the river and then, in mid-session, an inflable kayak came down the river. I politely explained that the Usk was not a navigable river. They professed ignorance.

The fish were taken on a nymph and a dry fly. Lovely stretch of river, but it has a lot of non-angling public pressure. (I have photos of the 2 characters in the kayak, if any use - let me know.

2 Trout

Didn't fish, unfortunately

This beat has a great atmosphere. Unfortunately it was too hot, nothing happened, nothing seen.

5 Trout

Had a lovely fishing late evening... but didn't catch any trout, although they were raising.
But all in all a lovely experience – will be back for sure!

No fish caught