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Great day had with guide Oliver Birch, very little surface movement there was a fly hatch about mid-morning when the fish were active.

2 Trout

Very pleasant day - sunny, clear, dry, downstream breeze. River running clear. A brief flurry of (late) March browns at around 12.10pm but did not interest the trout. Not much of a hatch for rest of day. Maybe the conditions were too dry and 'brassy'. Tried dry fly, dry and suspended nymph and a pair of nymphs, all to no avail!

Caught 2 and lost 3.

2 Trout

No salmon seen.

Cold downstream wind. Brief olive hatch about 1.30. minimal rise. Pricked one. No grannom.

A wonderful beat but very tough conditions on the day. Unfortunately the olives did not put in an appearance which was odd given the recent lift in temperatures. Very strong downstream wind made even nymph presentation tricky. A solitary but lovely 2lb brown caught and returned and a similar sized fish lost.

1 Trout

River at a nice height and reasonably clear after recent rain. Water temp 9 C. Air temp 14 C to as high as 18 C. Overall, a very pleasant day. Not much of a hatch, yet trout very inclined towards a dry Parachute olive imitation. Had 10 between noon and 3.30pm, all on this fly, all good fish with the best at 2lb 2oz.
A very satisfying days's fishing particularly after the very cold, lean times of March and early April!
Thanks to the staff at Wye & Usk Foundation for your excellent service !

10 Trout

Patiently waited for midday activity but the cold wind blowing down from the snow-covered Beacons never relented and what hatch there was only lasted for at best half an hour. One brownie caught on Hare's Ear Nymph fished deep but very little activity otherwise. Nevertheless, a lovely beat and will be aim to be back when spring finally arrives!

1 Trout

I feel sorry for the fish on this beat - we saw goosanders, cormorants, herons and a lot of evidence of otters. This may sound like an excuse for not catching anything but the fish were very spooky and often in difficult lies to get a fly over them. However despite the temperatures 3-4c and snow flurries we did see some fish rising to the lunchtime hatch and some good size fish at that. I think I have to go back to the drawing board with regard to my fly tying!! Lovely beat, now my third visit, hope it warms up soon!

Conditions weren't ideal, extreme winds from around 12.30 made the fishing go off after a very short and prolific ldo hatch in which 1 decent brown of around 1.5lb was caught (plenty rising) and safely released. Did notice the fish had some sort of injury to the head. 1 other fish missed and another lost to a heavy leaded nymph, all before 12.30/1. Nice beat, shame about the weather. I'm sure in other conditions it would have been an excellent days fishing.

1 Trout