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River was up a foot from the day before and coloured but dropped fairly fast as the day went on. I returned two Brownies of about nine and ten inches, which were caught on a blue and brown Klinkhammer.

A lovely day on this beat. Couldn't stay till evening unfortunately. Wading and walking challenging, water lovely, but few signs of fish. Two tiny trout on emergers.

7 fish in total...all brown trout...the largest of about 1 and half pounds, the others all about 1lb. 2 caught on klinkhammer dry flies and 5 on nymphs. Foundation was/is as efficient as ever...stayed at the Dragon at Crickhowell and can highly recommend it. Thank you for all your help. All fish returned to the water.

5 small fish in total all on nymph under indecator, lost a couple of good fish in fast water. Conditions were not the best - bright and lack of water. I must say you need to be part mountain goat to walk this beat dont try it if you are not fit.

Arrived about 3'ish, what a difference a week makes! Last Friday I was wearing a fleece this Friday I nearly got heat stroke walking to the river in my waders

Looking out at a wide expanse of shallow gin clear water illuminated by the a glaring sun hanging in a cloudless sky I decided to do a do a bit of nymphing in the faster water further up the beat. Lost too many nymphs in those deep swirly pools , my effects were hampered by picnicking children thrwing stones and swimming! Although to be honest I don’t think they made much of a difference. Lost one small fish on a Gold bead HE.

Decided to settle down and wait for the evening rise, which was the main purpose of my visit and conditions were perfect. Watched a heron flying from pool to pool for an hour, he didn’t have any luck either. No fish had stirred by 8 o clock so got in the car and went down to Glan Usk (plan B) where I could cover more water in the car to find some rising fish.

1 small trout. Reasonable insect life but rises were a bit dissappointing. I did not fish the evening rise. Beautiful setting.

7 brown trout , best 11" plus one smolt. All returned.
PS. This beat is shorter than described. Nearer 1,000 yards i.e. just over half a mile.

Good Large Dark Olive hatch despite cold NE wind. Hatch started about 12:00 and continued all through the afternoon until we left at 5:00. Small trout rising freely. 6 fish between us to about 3/4 lb. Olive comparadun, royal wulf, olive goldhead and goldhead pheasant tail.

Fished on Saturday (and on Tuesday after the river had cleared). Lovely beat. Caught (with partner Becca) 7 on first day, 13 or so on next all on dry fly and all to consistent rises. Was delighted to see biggest March Brown hatch I have seen on the Usk in seven years although we caught mainly on LDO (and Grannom imitations) just as we do every year. Must try a March Brown soon! Lovely beat, good weekend to fish it.

A very pleasant day. Cloudy/mild. Good hatch of pale ephemera at lunchtime and a few large dark olives. Missed two on olive klnkhammer. Cauught and returned 4 around 1/2 ponnd mark on beaded olive nymph. Thanks to wuf for a very nice day.