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Two small brown trout (approx 6 inches)caught on parachute adams, both returned. A number of other takes on a size 20 GRHE, but nothing successfully landed. Conditions very difficult due to strong wind. Despite this I observed some limited hatches of various olives and a few rises.

1 fish caught between 2 rods (12 inches), returned, and 3 missed. Klinkhammer, emergers and goldhead damsel nymph best. Water level was high and falling all day and colour improved following flood previous day.
Tricky wading - wading staff essential.

Caught 3 brown trout on sunken hair's ear nymph between 11am and 5pm. Water seemed about right. Quite a few fish rising also.

Arrangements were made so despite the weather forecasts PB and SG had to fish! Standing on the bridge at 10.00 the river was clear and it was apparent there was a significant hatch - Large dark olives and yellow may duns conspicuous as always. Fishy action was not immediately apparent but by 11.30 blue winged olives were hatching which instigated intense local rises in quieter areas of the streamy water. Targeting one of these at long distance produced 8 takes in an hour - 4 missed, 2 came off, including 1 significant fish - a penalty of having to fish a dry fly downstream in this location, and 2 came to hand - fish of 12 and 15 inches, the usual Usk tigers! By 1 the river was colouring making the tricky wading even more risky and by 2 that was it - too much colour to fish so PB and SG wended their way home. Usk fish always seem more selective than Wye fish and were definitely homing in on the BWOs - a size 16 parachute did the business when all else failed. Excellent fishing while it lasted despite the persistent rain.

5 fish between 2 rods, all returned. Emergers and klinkhammers were most effective during the evening rise. Many missed takes. All fish were a good average size with beautiful golden colouration to their flanks.
Murky fast water made for a tricky start after the overnight rain, but an evening rise was our saviour. 3 canoeists ploughed through the beat in the afternoon also.

Nothing Caught

Brown Trout - 7 small fish (6" - 8") returned, and 1 approx 1lb taken. Flies - black gnat dry, greenwells glory wet, light olive dun wet. River nicely clear, and flowing sensibly after the recent spate!

7 WBT to the net between two rods. All returned. One fish was a cracker weighing in at 2-and-a-half pounds, with the rest at a very respectable average size giving good sport. Tan and olive klinkhammers as well as parachute Adams kept the fish interested throughout the day until the rise stopped around 6.30pm.

Two brown trout caught about 32-35 cm both caught between 150 and 200m upstream of the bridge.
Both trouts released.

Tried fishing the fly at the top of the beat. Blustery wind and deep wading made this rather difficult; a spinning rod would probably make fishing the pools there a bit easier. However I had one strong pull in the Corner Pool, I'm pretty sure from a salmon, and a large trout from the Hut Pool, both on a black and yellow tube. I switched to a trout rod and had 3 small trout from the streamy runs on my way back to the bottom of the beat. All fish returned. Thanks to WUF.