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Fly.

Started at 1pm and had four enjoyable hours at the Rectory. Little surface activity but a few fish rising in the flats. Most of the fish came to nymph in the fast water, the largest (15") going airborne before I even knew it was hooked! Some of the trout were quite lean but all put up a good fight. Lots of salmon smolts caught, all of which were unhooked and released swiftly without being handled.

14 Trout

4 Trout

Cold easterly wind limited trout activity. A few rising from time to time, but not consistently. Lots of insect life.
Tried wets and dry flies to tempt them, but only 1 missed take all day between the 3 of us. Just couldn't find the right fly.

Fished 9am to 2pm. Good fly life with fish rising early. Caught 5 trout up to 15in on dry fly. Activity cooled after about 12 noon. Good day.

5 Trout

Warmer weather and lots of fish rising to a LDO hatch when I got to the beat at 11am. Fish mainly rising in the calmer stretches and with the water so clear were difficult to fool. All fish were caught within a 2 hour period, one of 2 pounds on an elk hair caddis and the others on a brown klink. My first time on the beat, I think from previous comments the river must have been low as I could pretty much wade the whole stretch. All fish came from the faster water.

4 Trout

Found some rising fish today. Olives were hatching and after several presentations of my dry imitation were ignored, I switched to an Olive emerger pattern which I'm pleased to report resulted in a hard fighting pristine 15 incher.
I've seen several comments about the condition of the river and whilst it is true to say there is a fair amount of rubbish this should not detract from what is an absolute gem of a trout river with just about every type of feature you could imagine suggesting a myriad of different tactics and approaches. And that this river, once an environmental disaster and now a fully restored ecosystem is nothing short of remarkable. I shall be putting thoughts of the Usk aside from now on.

1 Trout

Caught 1 trout of about 10" in a parachute adams. Nice day to be on the water.

1 Trout

1 brown trout about 12" on dry fly - fish returned. water in good condition but no large fly hatch.

1 Trout

Fantastic day but unfortunately no fish. Plenty of fish in the river though, spotted about 5-6 fish. Hired Mick the Gillie who was excellent as always. Cant wait to return.