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Bright sun and a fierce downstream wind, so hard work. Fishing dries through the shaded areas under trees proved most successful. Lots of nips and tugs on small nymphs, but couldn't connect. All fish safely returned.

4 Trout

River level good and water clear. The day was generally bright and sunny but with a steady breeze blowing in from the west.
Quite a few sporadic hatches (March Brown) throughout the day with the odd trout rising occasionally.
Netted a WBT at the lower end of the beat on an Olive Klinkhammer. Three more good takes at the top end of the beat.
My friend caught two in the upper ripples of the section.
Towards the end of our session (3pm’ish), quite a hatch of March Browns brought the trout alive. He switched to the nearest fly he had that resembled the hatch and hooked one almost immediately. It threw the hook after quite an aerobatic display!
A lovely beat on a very picturesque part of the Usk with Pen-y-Fan as a backdrop. Will certainly return on another occasion.
All fish returned safely.

4 Trout

Beautiful day on the river. Its a lovely spot with plenty of variation however today the water level was low and it was a fairly bright day. I didn't catch anything or see much fish movement however I suspect it was my lack of skill and experience that defeated me on the day.

Fished for a couple of hours on Thursday 10 . conditions were almost ideal water was clear and the weather has cooled from the highs of the Bank holiday. There was a lot of insect activity throughout the stretch I fished. The only thing missing was the fish. There was no sight or sound throughout the two hour fishing. I changed flies and methods but to no avail. Poor catches are part of angling but such lack of fish activity in these conditions was very disappointing.

4 Trout

Nice sunny day on the river. Trout up to 9" but nothing rising. Hooked and lost some bigger trout in the deep pools.

4 Trout

First trip out this season - Usk looking beautiful and Penpont as lovely a setting as always. River was clear - trickle of large olives (but not very dark!) and brook duns until the middle of the afternoon when we had a rain squall which dropped the temperature several degrees and put things back to winter mode.
Fish spooky in the bright conditions - fished dries all day as is our wont, managed two wbt of 9 and 13 inches on para ginger quills, two other better fish were lost, 1 to long distance C&R and another big fish which smashed the tippet at the first lunge.
Thanks to Chris in the office for helping with booking - we left it until the morning as rain was forecast the previous night - but it didn't materialise!
The spookiness of the fish was probably exacerbated by their being fished the previous two days. I wonder if there is any way the web bookings could be amended so it is possible to see recent bookings? Would help with making an informed choice when selecting a beat - catch returns often don't appear for a couple of days afterwards (case in point! Sorry)

2 Trout

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Blank day with absolutely nothing seen all day. No rises, no pulls not even a scared fish fleeing! Lovely stretch of river but where are the stocks of small fish I've seen here in previous years? Did see a Goosander with 9-10 chicks (but not laying the blame there). Low water with cool downstream wind.