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Trout 15+ : Angler 1
A beautiful day on this wild stream beat, lots of splashy takes but trout won the day hands down! River in fine condition with small may fly hatch between noon and 2 pm.

1 Trout

Sunny day if a little windy. Saw some mayfly hatching but didn't see a single fish move, which is surprising given that are some really nice pools and glides. Fished in the afternoon, very pleasant but very quiet!

The river was very low, and flow was slow in the pools. Weather conditions were hot, bright and sunny. No fish were observed moving, despite mayfly hatching.
There was also a considerable amount of silt on the rocks and stones on the riverbed, indicating run-off upstream has been carrying a significant amount of soil into the river.

Day started off badly after I managed to plunge myself in for an early swim after a bit of bank gave way before I had even started fishing!!! lol. Had 6 trout, nothing big and gave up after spending the morning a tad damp!

6 Trout

I spent from 12noon - 2.30pm on The Dulas hoping to find swarms of Danica but was unlucky. Perhaps they've all emerged as only occasional imagos were evident. The stream was very low and seemed almost lifeless - perhaps with such low flow there is a lack of oxygen.
The three rising fish seen all fell to Mike Weaver's hackled Mayfly pattern and the fourth was lifted from the depths of a deep pool with a weighted Endrick Spider.
The recent high winds have created more work for the clearing gang next winter with some quite large trees across the stream - but I can report that they don't restrict the fishing too much for the present time.

4 Trout

Back on the Usk after 45 years!
Very little fly life and only saw 5 fish move. Rose and caught two on a jingler, but really hard work due to an increasingly stiff downstream wind.

3 Trout

Weather sunny, windy and warm. Water low and clear. Little hatch beside olives and a dribble of mayfly. Nymph unsuccessful. No rising fish but changed to dry olive variant at midday. Resulted in two fish .. First 2lb 2oz second 1lb 3oz. Left river at 1400.

2 Trout

6 x BT between 9 and 12 inches, all returned safely. One on mayfly and 5 on Adams. Downstream wind and bright sun made conditions difficult until around 4.30 pm when the fish came on the feed.

6 Trout

A fifth salmon weighing 8lbs on fly at 3.20pm to my rod today. My highest one day catch in 22 years at the Nyth!

1 Salmon

Lots of fly life but most rises seemed to be fry. Persisted with the dry too long. Eventually went to the dark side and switched to a Walkers Mayfly Nymph and took 3 WBT from where the Escley joins.

3 Trout