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Fished on Wednesday afternoon till dark and Thursday untill 3pm. Lost a shad to a barbless spinner at Upper Rocks. The water here is fast flowing with deep pots. Just above The Rock Pool I had a follow from a decent trout on the spinner. On the fly, had several plucks, trout I assume. At summer level I still got the fly to fish nicely at Wood Stream from the right bank. Next time I will try from the hut side, easier I think because of the steps at the top of the run here. There is deep water on the right bank as you approach the bridge. Met "Day Rods" who had caught shad in the previous week and were catching good bags of trout at dusk on size 18 grey dusters; was kindly given some. Finally, had a BBQ on Wednesday by the hut with work colleages. Welsh Spring Lamb, mmm!

Fished as guest of the owner in the evening. Low water meant the 300m below bridge was easily wadeable and combined with a steady hatch of BWO's which brought most fish to the surface made for a memorable short session. Had fish on 1st and 2nd casts! Over next hour brought 9 more to hand most between 10" and 12" with a couple around 15". Lovely fishing.

River at summer level. Caught 2 trout at the very bottom of the beat from the bank , steeple casting a Kites Imperial. BWOs hatching with a few Mayfly. At this level of water one can wade as far as the Oak. Fished for salmon from The Rocks, where there was still a good flow of water. A salmon showed in The Chine Pool. Trout still rising till twilight.

River only 5 inches above summer level. Good day on dry flies using tupps and adams to land 7 trout of 7 oz to 1.25 lb mainly at or below the rock. Lost one over 2lb at the rock sill on an upstream cast tupps 14. Weather dry and overcast.

Water 0.4m with slight colour. Fished for salmon as one of around 8lb showed several times below the rock at the Rockpool. Hooked a large salmon par on the Cascade, but only succeeded in driving the salmon back into the belly of the pool, where it showed itself once more. Fished for trout as several may duns and one or two mayfly on the water. Landed and returned four trout of around 12 oz on the dry 14 tups but driving wind and sharp drop in temperature curtailed the late evening rise which was disappointing.

Water dirty from earlier heavy showers. Lots of drift weed made life difficult. Fished for trout only and caught 3 on weighted nymph subsurface.

Fishing curtailed by heavy thunderstorms. Too risky to fish after 3 pm due to lightning.

No fish caught. River very low, very little rising even with large amounts of insect life on the surface. Access at lower end of beat below bridge inaccessable, extremly steep bank side and too overgrown to be able to fish. Tried to gain access to lower Trout pools through stream running into river, but not possible either. Spoke with Beat master, very helpful and friendly chap. Would visit again when water level back up.

Fantastic beat with some lovely pools and gravel glides. The top section of the beat in particular is one long gravel glide of knee to waist depth (in low water!). Fish were rising all day as it was generally overcast, warm and quite still. Landed 18 fish and lost a further 4-5. A couple of fish were 5-6", the rest were all 9-12". Most of the fish took either a large size 12 Wyatt's deer hair emerger, or small size 16-18 Adams. Saw a couple of fish, including one that swam past literally four feet away, that were 2lb+. Some of the beat is quite deep and can't be waded, however this no doubt creates ideal habitat for larger trout. Was preparing for an epic spinner fall in the evening with the air thick with small olives and a few true mayflies. However, bang on dusk a storm rolled in and everything retreated back to the leaves and trees!

Disappointed by this beat, the longer stretch below the bridge is long slow wide and in most cases deep, even with current very low water levels, devoid of any features or structure in the water. If fish are rising, probably some good fishing below the bridge where access seems better, but difficult stretch for nymphing. Access on the rh bank hampered by deep bank and remains of trees in water Saw the fish of a lifetime basking in the shade, unfortunately not accessible, are they ever?

My knowledge of salmon fishing is limited so my perspective is purely as a trout fisherman

Reasonable run above the bridge with a nice tail, caught 8 inch brown on GRHE and 2 salmon par . Two hours of fishing tops. Went of for a pint, came back at three , fished it again. Caravan park at head of this stretch , risk of stone throwing and paddling children !

Plenty of flies about some olives at lunch time , no fish feeding on the surface

Also booked for following day, decided to book somewhere else , ever helpful Wye and Usk team arranged Penpont for me .

Stayed at the Bear in Crickhowell overnight , very nice.

Blazing day. Deep wading. Lovely location. But blanked. Still getting to grips with Usk tactics. Great grannom rise 10-11 plenty of decent fish about but not for my sedge, CDCs, dusters, tups, iron blues, or later, PTNs or Hare's Ears. Hard work!