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6 trout up to 15 inches on tungsten nymph, then spiders which were effective in glidey water. Good hatch of March browns 12.30 to 1pm, otherwise little on the surface.

6 Trout

Overcast, with no wind. River still quite high and running fast but clear. Focused on the bottom of the Sewage Pool and the deeper parts of the run below it. No flies coming off so began with a tungsten PTN. Around 12:30 the sand martins went mad as a hatch of olives and march browns began. Trout quickly got turned on and I had a mad 45 minutes where every cast was to a rising fish. Four nice WBT to the net and lost several others. Hatch stopped as quickly as it started - but great fun while it lasted. Classic spring Usk fishing!

4 Trout

Quite an exposed beat, and it was a sunny day, which perhaps put the fish down a bit. Did not see the response I expected to a decent LDO hatch 1400-1500, and there were also some grannom about. Could not tempt a fish on a dry fly or spiders, but got five on a tungsten nymph, mostly in the seams of riffles, biggest being just shy of 2lb. Again, orange tag was the best performing nymph by miles. On reflection, I should have tried a streamer on a sinking line in the one really deep section of the beat, just upstream of the bridge.

5 Trout

2 small trout. Both returned

2 Trout

Lovely day’s fishing on a beat which rarely disappoints. 12 fish to 18” with many in the 12-14” range, on a mixture of dries and nymphs. Deer Hair Emerger, Para Adams and Copper John all took fish.

12 Trout

A bright day with a warm sun and the gauge reading 1’. There was a good-ish but short hatch around 3pm which provided our sport - to the march brown dry although the fish were also taking LDO.
It went quiet around 330pm with a few fish sipping spinners - for which we accounted two fish with a red spinner - an old but reliable pattern when things are proving to be tricky

5 Trout

Didn't fish and went to Tolybont resevoir due to high water conditions.

short 2hr visit water was a little higher than i expected, Fish nymphs top end of the beat with to avail. A small hatch around 2pm saw a couple rising as i was packing up unfortunately other commitments so had to leave.

Water level perfect. Nothing caught until 14.00 when there was a moderate March Brown hatch which trickled ion all afternoon with fish very active on the surface in some spots. We caught 12 between us with several fish over 1 lb but none as large as 2 lb. Most caught on March Brown dun or emerger imitations and 3 on nymphs (during the hatch). Nice water, lovely day

12 Trout

10 Trout