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Fly only, 2 small trout caught, one salmon lost.

2 Trout

Water .58m but slight colour so opted for salmon initially which was unsucessful at Top Run, Rock Pool, Chine and below bridge. Very warm and humid.
Went through Woodstream with greenwells nymph and deer hair sedge fished wet on dropper. I had two small trout about 6 oz and J landed 3 parr and one trout of 0.75 lb.
I had my fish on the dropper, J on a non weighted pheasant tail on the point.
Unable to stay through to evening.
No salmon showing.

6 Trout

A lovely evening on the river (steady at 0.62m on the gauge) Fished 3-10pm. No sign of salmo salar even as the sun was setting. Small sporadic rise at 9pm. Changed from the 15fter to an 11ft 7wt switch. Had some fun fishing a size 12 silver stoat. Three trout 1lb, 6oz and 4oz.

3 Trout

I couldn't fish in the morning so hit the water at about 7pm as the sun was starting to go down. A few shad seen just below the salmon. River gin clear and at a good height. Sadly no fish by 9:30pm at which point I had to leave. A beautiful evening on the river though!

Fishing from 7am after another early start. River steady at 0.8m and moderate tint. Saw approx. 15lb silver specimen show 4 times opposite Garry's new 'Stairway to Heaven' but no response to a variety of flies. Hopefully has taken up residence just off the end of the stumps. Good luck if fishing in the next couple of days.
One other salmon showed midstream opposite pub but nil seen
on Rock.
A day of dazzling sunshine and approx. 8hrs of casting exercise in beautiful surroundings. Crawled off home for a beer with a good tan.

No salmon caught but 2 showing themselves in the pool below the bridge

Fly fished the beat down after detailed description from the owner on the phone. Height was 0.9m on the gauge at the bridge, 6" on the Trostrey webcam. Warm and broken cloud - lots of fly life - until about 2pm when the thunder, wind and rain rolled in.
Had a very aggressive 2lb trout early on from the Upper Rocks in quite coloured water. Visibility got lower and lower and the rive came up very slightly. The colour beat me in the end but I had a lovely time nonetheless. I didn't fish much below the bridge but saw a nice fresh fish in the Wood Stream mid river.
One day I will get the water right...

1 Trout

Arrived on a beautiful dawn at 5.45am. Sane people still tucked up in bed. River higher than expected at 1.02m but colour (just) fishable. Dropped 3cms during 6hrs of enjoyable exercise. No sign of fish but Snake Roll and embryonic Snap-T casts coming along.

Once again, a privilege to fish this beat. The river at an almost perfect level. One fish seen just below the bridge mid current. A lovely day to end up my holiday fishing on the Usk. What a beautiful river and Chainbridge is just such a fishy beat!

CM caught the first salmon from the new steps below the bridge. Appropriate as he built them! 9lb on single hook Flying C.

1 Salmon