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River quite quiet today, not much of a hatch or fish rising. Caught one on a speculative March Brown cripple and hooked 2 others on nymphs which got off before I could steer them into calmer water.

1 Trout

Bright sunny day with only a brief hatch around 11.30. Fish willing to take a jingler for next couple of hours in fast runs. Best 14".

8 Trout

Around mid-day there was a hatch of March Browns which only lasted around 1/2 hr. I used a March Brown Jingler size 10 which worked really well. The fish are in the riffles. Even after the hatch had finished and the fish stopped rising, they could be caught in the riffles with this fly, on a speculative basis . Technically, I should have recorded a zero catch as all 8 came off the hook. These wild fish fight hard, jump out of the water and shake their heads, and its not possible to retain them with a barbless hook. There were olives about throughout the day but the fish weren't interested in them. At least I didn't have to unhook any of the fish! Good luck.

8 Trout

Hard going ,mb hatch 40 mins and over,managed 2 on drys (small). Rest on tungsten nymphs in fast water,up to 1.5 lbs.
Lots of pools quite ,but we need rain,possibly on summer level atm. Low and clear, 15 ft tapered Leader a must.
A guy was spinning above the bridge when arriving but soon walked up steam on seeing me,seems to be a fair bit of poaching on this beat,last time there was 4 boys spinning on opposite bank.

12 Trout

Cold. No hatch. Walkers and dogs everywhere. The beat looks great but I won’t fish it again on a Sunday. Fish to blind dries in the riffles

3 Trout

A small hatch at 11 am made a few fish rise which then saw me loose three in a row before the net. Lucky I managed to land 4 nice trout in between loosing another couple. They fight hard here for their size and seem very good at throwing the hooks. All were between 10-13 inch and caught on the dry. I had my best luck targeting the slack water alongside the faster sections, also the shallow riffles were holding fish.

4 Trout

2 Trout

Another lovely day, though quiet in terms of surface action. The only hatch occurred between 11.30-12.15, and accounted for half the fish caught. No fly thereafter. The rest were caught prospecting with a duo. Successful flies were March Brown Jinglers and emergers, Pinkhamers and Duracell nymph.

15 Trout

Warm but windy. A few fish rising. Fish within 1 to 1.5 lb range. A couple of long range releases. All safely returned.

3 Trout

A great second day on the Usk. 20 plus trout on the dry jingler (15 foot tapered leader) fished in the streamy water. Hatch wasn’t as prolific as previous day but fish rose steadily from 11.30 to 3.30. Quite a few missed too!

20 Trout