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A cold day for the time of year, few rising trout. Saw no rising fish in the morning. And fell in, so had to return to my van on the caravan site in Pandy for dry clothes, and a snooze. Went back later, saw a few rising fish and managed to catch one trout, 7 inches. Lost a second, missed a few more.

1 Trout

Caught nothing and getting a bit fed up of having to leave early because of inconsiderate behaviour from other anglers. Extremely loud music being played that could be heard all around the water.

River still running quite high for this tricky wading beat, (river temperature is more than refreshing still!)but this year the Usk is fishing extremely well, think water temperatures have remained low. Caught on nymph in pocket and dry in flats. Great to see smaller <6inch trout being caught showing the population of trout thriving as long as we all practice careful catch and release. The Usk is a gem, lets keep it that way.

18 Trout

The river was on the high side and had a tinge of colour in it. We met Nathan in the morning and he was very helpful and knowledgeable. He showed us the main areas on how to fish the pools. We started with the fly and then focused with the spinner later on as the river was not clearing. It is a lovely beat and Nathan has been working hard to clear the banks. I can see with less water then there would be some lovely bits of fly water. There were plenty of fish moving through the beat but no fish for us as they were running through the beat. A good day out and I will defiantly return.

I've been very unlucky this season. Every time I fish there is a strong upstream wind... and so there was again today! It was rather cold, but there were still good hatches of fly including mayfly. The swifts were taking them from around my head at one point! My friend caught 3 reasonable trout, and I caught nothing... I don't know what is wrong with me... I hooked 7 and they all got off very quickly.

3 Trout

1 small brown trout caught on a dry fly. Many missed! No fish taken. Beautiful beat and a fantastic day out.

1 Trout

Very cold day, with easterly wind. We picked off the odd fish, as we worked our way up the beat, mostly on dries, then, in the early afternoon at the top run, suddenly substantial numbers of flies appeared on the water, including: olives, sedges, yellow May duns, and a few mayfly. There were fish rising every where, but surprisingly 'picky'. I lost a huge trout which took in 4-6 ins of water. Fly was a sz. 18 March Brown. The fish shot across the river in a cloud of spray! These are the moments that linger in your memory! However we managed to catch 14 trout, one of which was 2.5 lbs, another of 2 lbs, and several of the others were around 1.25 lbs. Many fish lost, but most caught were on dries. Very absorbing fishing!

14 Trout

Few mayfly around. Great hatch of ldo's & bwo's. Trout came up had cracking day with fish to 2.5lbs.

12 Trout

Lovely days fishing on this beautiful beat of the Usk although not many fish caught what we did catch were hard fighting and in good condition. We will be back to this beat.

2 Trout

Boy do you have to work hard to catch trout on this fast moving brook. I was pleased to get 3 little beauties to hand having 7 or 8 long releases throughout the day. No fish topping even though there was the occasional mayfly lifting off so every fish was taken on a ptn. The wagtails were filling their bellies on them and putting on a great show.
What I didn't expect to see was mink and not just one individual, as bold as brass slipping in and out of the water.
A lovely quite place to spend a day, many thanks to the Foundation.

3 Trout