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3 Barbel, 3 Chub

River coloured but fish not really having a go.
4 fished, caught throughout length

14 Barbel, 16 Chub

3 Trout

River dropping but still hard work . 2 of us . Total 2 barbell and 2 chub . 1 eel . Packed up at 5 as rain set in . Not as many pegs as I had thought only minor gripe

1 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Weather was cloudy and very windy with occasional showers - orange Abu Garcia 6g droppen spinner produced one nice brown trout of around 2lb (safely returned) and another smaller one lost.

1 Trout

2 Trout

2 Trout

It’s a year since we fished this beat and a lot of the swims had changed with trees and bushes removed . Conditions very difficult - river high and baits struggling to hold in the current Tried all baits and eventually only got 2 chub on luncheon meat .

2 Chub

Nice day on a dropping river. Height 1.0 on the chainbridge gauge, water clear enough. Beat very fishable/ wadeable at this height. 2 Finnock around 1lb which surprised me as I did not know the Usk was well known for sea trout, lost another and additional takes. Fun fishing. Both had sea lice.

2 Sea Trout

Both anglers only fished half a day. Blanked and not even a knock. Beautiful setting and wildlife but tricky to find the swims and get the car parked anywhere near them given it is heavily wooded and you can't block the track as it is used by others.
There are a few side verges to park up but not many. When we arrived at 8am, others (syndicate members) had taken the decent, deeper swims and parking spots, leaving us scratching around for where to fish. Anyone fishing this beat for the first time should expect to spend quite a chunk of time covering the beat and working out where to fish. Very pretty though.