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A few LDO's coming of with a few fish rising. Very clear and pretty low.

7 Trout

One salmon lost. Black flying C. Good conditions.

2 Trout, 1 Other

Another lovely day on a clear running river. 1 Trout on a para adams (and 1 missed) during a short rise in one pool, the rest on GRHE or PTN nymphs. 4 Trout at 9" to 12", plus two 12" grayling in good condition. Only a sparse hatch but the fish were caught over the whole beat.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

A lovely spring day - more lamb than lion today after a cold night in the campervan! Short bursts (10-12 minutes each) of furious fly activity, with March Browns in such intensity I have never seen before. Goodness, what a come-back this fly species is making on the Usk. Five good trout to 16 inches caught and returned. First visit to this beat. Very enjoyable.

5 Trout

The weather was wonderful for March and the river was running very clear with plenty of height. No salmon showing anywhere but we pressed on anyway. There was a significant hatch of March Browns at lunch time. Only saw 2 fish rise and we failed to connect with any. A lovely beat though and some really helpful advice from the owner and Lynn - many thanks to both. We will return later in the season.

1 Trout

Very cold; water clear; no rising fish. None kept.

1 Trout

A curate's egg of a day with glorious spring sunshine interspersed with bitter winter - lamb and lion in a single March day. Short bursts of fly activity with LDOs and a smattering of March Browns, through the middle of the day. Nine brown trout to 17 inches landed and all returned.

9 Trout

This is the fourth or fifth time I have fished this beat and it remains my favourite because I caught my biggest Usk trout there a few years ago. I have blanked or had two or three fish at best but this time everything went to plan. After a slow start, a good number of fish started rising in the run just below where you park your car. There was a hatch which lasted two and a half hours of a ? small upright olive type thing, I think march browns are bigger and large dark olives are huge so I am not sure. This beat has a good population of trout, have all the predators been shot, is there stocking involved or did my brother and I just have a lucky day? Love to hear from someone on this. Great day and hope I have not got anyones hopes up to much as it might be a one or two fish day next time!! Beaded pheasant tail nymph and cdc shuttlecock dry did the damage - all returned.

10 Trout

After fishing this beat last week and catching fourteen trout to 14" I wanted to try again for some of the larger fish I had spotted. The sun was bright and the river lower making things tricky but by getting into position near the head of the pools and keeping still I was able to let the fish start feeding as a few March Browns and LDO's started coming off around late morning.Using a para Adams and a black tung bead PTN as a duo I caught some good fish with the best a very plump 17" and lost a couple of solid fish. Later on I fished the far bank fast runs with long leader nymphs (a new dual length rod is a great tool) and had good sport with fish to 15". With such beautiful weather I had to finish the day by stripping off and having a swim in the middle pool, life doesn't get much better!

8 Trout