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Huge amount of fly life, even one or two early mayflies, fished dry all day and lost count of the number of fish I rose, slightly more trouble getting them to stick. All fish 6-8 inches.

6 Trout

First visit to the fishery. A splendid beat with secure parking. Overnight rain resulted in high, fast, coloured water making fly fishing pointless. As I had driven a long way, I made the best of a bad job by merely practice-casting before returning home.

Day 1 of 4 day trip. Cold day with showers. Fished for a morning and got 4 nice sized WBT. No hatch to speak of.

4 Trout

Day 1 of 4 day trip. I had picked Cilieni as main fish of the day after concern on water levels, but I gave this beat a couple of hours later afternoon. Really wild fishing and I only managed to sneak up on one WBT by scaling the face of a water fall to the next pool! Tough fishing but a pleasant walk back to the car.

1 Trout

Arrived at a chilly Edw beat, very coloured and relatively high due to a couple of days of heavy rain.
Many of the fish holding lies unfishable due to conditions. Not much hatching or rising but did manage 8 wbt - 5" - 9" using flies chosen for their visibility more than anything else.
Given the intimidating height of both the Usk and Wye from recent rain this was a relatively productive option.

8 Trout

Wet and windy day with choppy waters. Fished from bank/wading a short way out and fishing in wind lanes. Fly only (various). 6 Rainbows banked 1.5lb plus. Various sized brown trout returned. Shame to see worm fishermen hogging the top end of the reservoir.

6 Trout

This was my first visit to this beat & although there's not much fast water it's a nice easy place to fish. I didn't get any interest in my nymphs but hooked 1 rising trout on a march brown. I suspect because of the slow deep water this is probably a summer evening venue.

9 lbs fresh BUT UDN on head. Spinning flying c in howling gale. 2pm Tuesday.

1 Salmon

7lbs fresh cock fish spinning just off the end of the top croy at 1pm. Did not see the fish show it caught me. No canoes.

1 Salmon

On a bright but relatively warm day I started fishing a team of nymphs in the deeper riffles, landing seven wbt to 10 inches. At lunch time I switched to the dry and landed two lovely trout of 1lb and 1 3/4lbs. I also moved a much bigger fish in the quarry pool. There were plenty of sporadic rises throughout the afternoon but I found conditions tricky with low, clear water and only a light hatch of fly to interest the fish.

9 Trout