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Water fished well today but no salmon moved. Fun with trout to 1 1/2 lbs. on the dry flies between times. Wonderful hostess (Tiggy) who plied us with tea, chocolate cake & large chunks of local knowledge & experience on the river bank. We would all go back for more of everything! Thanks once again Allyson for the help with late bookings.

One small brown trout approx eight inches caught on beaded nymph and released.

First rod - Nil. Second rod - One small trout.

River was quite high and somewhat brown due to the heavy rain a few days before but nevertheless clear enough for a large fly.
Had one gentle tug during the day but otherwise no other indications of salmon about although apparently there have been quite a few taken by spinning both below and above the estate water recently. I wonder how many are being returned?
One 2lb trout caught and returned on a large shrimp pattern!

One brow trout caught on N Country spider pattern. Water slightly coloured after the recent rain but river level acceptable for wading. Some rain during the day but did not spoil my time there. No luck with the Salmon.

Caught one Brown Trout at 1 1/2 lb, stunning fish, caught in a quiet stretch near the end of the bottom beat. As I was there not long after the 'GreenMan' festival, the estate looked like a scene from a war movie!! Staff were very pleasant though, and the fishing is generally easy to get to, it's even possible to take your car along the top beat. I haven't fished all the beats of the Usk and Wye, however this one is going to be very hard to better. For afternoon amusement I was lucky enough to see two fighter jets practice their moves going over and around the valley
My only disappointment is that there are no beats available this week, or I'd be back!!

The river was a little coloured but lot's of fish rising. Decided to stick with dries - plenty of sedge and sporadic varying up-winged hatches through the day.
What an amazing days fishing it turned into. Biggest trout weighing in at a pound and a half with a tally of somewhere between 25-35 each (majority on sedge). I stopped counting after about 20, the same went for Andy fishing with me.
Well recommended beat with a good mix of water would like to fish it for salmon in the future.

Booked through the wyeuskfoundation. They recommended a guide called Chris Taylor who was superb and a lovely man with a good sense of humour.
3 rods over 1 and a half days fishing. 2 adults and 2 children went on the trip, we were camping 4 miles from the estate.
A total of 6 brown trout we caught of which only 2 were keepers at a 1lb in size (12 inches). Fished near the bridge left and right mainly with the main success wading close to the bridge. Also fished about a 5 min walk further down with no success. Small flies used.

A good day, there was some colour in the water which made wading a little more challenging. All fish caught were very small largest being around 8-9 inches long.
A 6 WBT all returned
R 4 WBT all returned
M 3 WBT all returned
A 1 WBT Returned

24 trout taken up to 1lbs 5oz.