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We spent a pleasant morning on a lovely beat but no fish caught.

Fished mid-beat for a couple of hours am. Water low. 3 small trout on nymph. Lost a good os grayling. Mayfly about but not much rising. Lovely beat.

3 Trout

Last year I fished this little river in a mayfly hatch and whilst there were regular flies hatching on Friday they hatched in far fewer numbers. Despite this, using a mayfly pattern seemed the best way of encouraging a rise. By late afternoon it was all over, although we did catch a couple more of fish on nymphs. I have normally never remained beyond this quiet time but as the sun was still shining we stayed and at about 7pm for 30 mins there was an evening rise when the fish showed themselves again - the fact we didn't add to our tally at that stage was due to nothing other than our own incompetence.

2 Trout

First time for RJ and I at Trelough Pool. Previous feedback was very helpful in planning for the trip and on arrival carp were showing in the arm nearest the car parking. Fished most of the day down by the big oak tree at the far end picking up a couple of 6 lb's on corn and small roach, bream and perch from the margins. As reported by others the lake is shallow, we wondered whether an old fashioned raking would work here. Many thanks to the WUF for making this water available, we will be back.

20 Other

River quite settled and clear. Although many fish were rising through the day, they were very picky, and many fly changes were made. Of the seven fish we caught, about half were on dry and half on tiny nymphs. Best fish was 1.25 lbs, with the others at around the pound mark. Just a note to the foundation; in the six consecutive days we have been fishing on the Usk, we have seen quite a lot of mink. Particularly on the Ashford House beat. Within a two hour period we saw three mink, two of which were dragging some hapless creature back to their respective lairs.

7 Trout

1 Grayling

1 Trout

5 wbt and a stockie to 1lb. Hard going with low, clear water but well worth the effort in beautiful surroundings

6 Trout

Myself and partner Christine langstone used fly and spinning, all fish returned,river conditions slight colour levels dropping

5 Trout

No fish this day some were moving but did not seem interested.