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Blazing sunshine, warmer (got up to 17 degrees) but a persistent downstream wind. The river is very low and gin clear. I tried a couple of spiders with a small orange-collared gold head PTN on the point. But unlike yesterday ( maybe due the helpful cloud cover then?) it was hard work. A very quick hatch of LDOs was over almost as soon as it started and despite quickly changing to my dry rod, I only raised one fish (which didn’t stick) and then they stopped. But 40 mins later a better hatch started which lasted about half an hour or so. It’s wonderful when on a sunny spring day you are knee deep in a run and fish are rising all around you, one even under my rod. I covered them again and again but they just chose the natural six inches to the side… I tried the spiders again and caught a feisty half pounder on the PTN. Thinking the hatch over I was contemplating my pork pie when I realised it was actually still going. And in some surprisingly skinny and bobbly water, I took a much better fish of about 1.5 lb on an upstream LDO dry. Magic! The sand martins were very busy on the mud banks and (famous last words) it feels like we have seen the back of winter. Spring trouting on the Usk. Not much better than that. Thank you WUF!

2 Trout

Intended to practise my Spey casting but left reel at home so simply fished for trout. I fished the flats and caught zero trout. My wife fished the fast water and caught 10!!!

10 Trout

Two good fish to near 3lb, and two smaller.

All taken on PTN in the faster water. Excellent hatch at 1230 for about 40 mins, not interested in my offerings though.

4 Trout

All fish on weighted nymphs, several also lost. A few hatches during the day but only say one rise.

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

3 inch brownie

1 Trout

Difficult day with the strong wind. Only saw one rise. Highlight was seeing and watching a bed of eel's, incredible.

No Catch today. Seen LDO and yellow dun hatches at around 1300hrs.

Method used worm on bottom and float fishing very slow but beautiful day in great surroundings

3 Trout

Difficult day on the Usk, high winds in the morning made even short casts tough.

As the day went on the wind dropped a little, and at around midday there was a small hatch when the wind dropped of completely. However, this lasted about 15 minutes before the wind resumed.

We persevered, and managed a few from the faster water.

13 Trout

Nothing seen or caught.