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Lucky with the weather. Good hatch LDOs and trout switched on around lunchtime. Caught and returned 2 beautiful WBT of around 1lb.

2 Trout

Lovely day on one of my favourite Usk beats; scenery here takes some beating. Wading presenting the usual challenges (nearly fell in a few times despite use of wading staff!). Nice hatch around midday and took one WBT off the top on a Klinkhammer. Lost a couple of fish on the nymph. Looking forward to my return. Thanks WUF.

1 Trout

11 x trout 6-10 inches, prospecting with Rusty Klinkhammer and Deer Hair Emerger. A couple of hours relaxation after a long drive back from Swansea. Well, here too, they do seem to be looking up now, or at least some of them are, although I saw few natural rises. 15 degrees air temperature by the time I finished. The nymph patterns remained on the fly patch.

11 Trout

1'9" clear- looking great. Grannom hatch 11am trout everywhere--Tim had some on his trout gear. 1 salmon showed in Llangoed pool soon after the fly went over him, but wouldn't look at anything else. We both tried hard - but failed, nevertheless a beautiful day on the Wye.

4 Trout

After a wonderful spring day yesterday, today started decidedly iffy. However as the day wore on things improved enough to precipitate a couple of solid March brown hatches. Five good trout caught and safely released, including a classic Penpont Porker: just 17" but 3lb weighed in the net. Fat, deep and strong! By 3pm the sun was shining and spring was back. A great pity I had to leave early!

5 Trout

10lb fresh fish caught and released on fly.

1 Salmon

River 0.84m perfect. Fished for 6hrs on a great spring day. Saw silver 10-12 lber porpoise by the pub but no response to my offerings except a 4 oz trout at least twice the size of my Willie Gun Snaelda ! Hatch of olives at midday with a few rising. Small hatch of March Browns but no risers.

1 Trout

14 or so to hand between 4-7 inches from a low level blackpool brook in the hour fishing. All trout reacting to size 20 2mm brass beadhead nymph flicked into pacey water at the heads of pools. Lost several others from tight spots unable to keep a tight line. Great fun.

14 Trout

The Law of Sod!...I struggled all season to catch grayling on this beat but today got the biggest (19") and fattest of the winter ..but out of season! Becoming seriously time poor for fishing I grabbed the only day in the foreseeable to go,despite the forecast of steady light rain.
A special day..struggled until midday, no sign of fish and then the swallows appeared ! first I've seen this year and they were there for the flies, what followed was a steady varied series of hatches and the 8 trout ( 9-12") came to #16 Iron Blue , Greenwells and Adams.The grayling to #16 Kites Imperial......all from one pool.

8 Trout, 1 Grayling

One on for an electrifying few seconds at the Windmill Pool and then casting practice. Only saw one other fish move. Great day out though. 28 swans in the next field as I was leaving.