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This is such a lovely beat. We had a great day, even if we only caught two trout between us. We arrived around 2pm and the afternoon was very quiet on the water, though one fish was caught below Blockhouse. There was strong wind for most of the day but luckily with this beat, most of the spots we wanted to focus on had good protection. From 7pm though the evening rise really picked up. In particular, at the top of Beech pool, the regular risers were interrupted by a very big fish (about 3.5lb or more) rocketing about 4 feet into the air and crashing back down. We threw everything at it but no dice. I now think I should have stripped a streamer past his nose instead of a range of delicate dries. Much effort was expended at the risers at Ashford bend but we had less success than in previous visits at that spot. Just one pounder. There was a bit of everything in the evening fly life- principally olive spinners, quite a few sedge with a sprinkling of the odd mayfly and others. So ends a three day group trip to the Usk Valley courtesy of WUF. Those who had not been before could not believe the quality of the fishing as well as the stunning countryside at such a reasonable price. Thank you WUF!

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Slightly bad timing as the long, dry spell ended today and was replaced by windy, threatening conditions. However, it was still mild with plenty of insects hatching and fish feeding. Lost an absolute clonker which broke me. Must up my leader tippet from 4 to 5lbs. Fish feeding just subsurface on emerging nymphs which I failed to replicate. Stuck to dry fly and tried all sorts but without much success. I’ll be back!

Very enjoyable day with intermittent hatch and low water.
All the fish came from the downstream end of the beat mainly taken on dries, one advantage of low water levels was that it was easy to cross over and fish the bottom of the beat down to the remains if the footbridge.

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River very low , sporadic hatches with a few rising trout , all trout caught 1/2 lb on dries .
Opposite bank two angles fishing where they was on the wrong beat . I did ask 1 angler to clarify if he knew he was on the wrong beat where they should have been further up . I asked him to check his map from FP , he was very rude and suggested I was challenging him about where he should be fishing. I’ll follow this up with FP to clarify .
Easy access to the beat , plenty of wildlife.
Probably some bigger trout lurking around on the beat somewhere , but we didn’t come across any.

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Our report for today is largely the same as the previous day except that there were no clouds at all and the breeze dropped a little making it even harder to catch fish. We blanked today. but promised ourselves a return visit when conditions might be more favourable and we would be able to stay for the evening rise.

What a beautiful location to visit. The river was low and clear with bright sunshine and a strong breeze. While we saw plenty of rising fish, they were not consistent and proved hard to tempt. There was abundant fly life with stonefly and mayfly hatching plus a host of other flies through the day though the trout didn't seem to be showing a preference for the mayfly. They also rarely took flies from the surface, preferring to take nymphs just below the surface. We managed two trout to a dry hare's ear and large dark olive. We consoled ourselves with the beautiful scenery and fantastic birdlife along the river. We saw herons, white egrets, sand martens, dunlin, kingfishers, three types of wagtails, dipper, cuckoo and a pair of buzzard. There were many other small birds in the woodland that we heard singing their hearts out but failed to identify.

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