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Fished the lower beat during the afternoon. Nothing caught but lost one. Only saw one fish rise.

A quiet day, no sign of the large hatches reported recently, just sporadic LDOs. A gusty downstream river made casting challenging at times. Three strong and healthy fish - one on a PTN, one on a March Brown and one on a Kite's - 12"-16", all returned.

3 Trout

A great day Salmon fishing under the guidance of Oliver Burch. This is a stunning beat with lots of water to cover. We had a glorious day in the sun, alas no fish but a lot of spey casting practice which Oliver managed to get me doing reasonably well from never having attempted before so very pleased with the tuition. There were a couple of canoes that came through during the day but nothing to bother us. There was an unusually sustained Grannom hatch which seemed to last all day, but no more than a couple of trout rises were seen by us. Definitely a beat to try again in the near future.

Blank - just a short visit after work. very bright, breezy with no fly life. Only one tiny trout seen. It is however a very good beat in terms of habitat- weed, deep pools and lots of cover. One for mid summer to late season when it properly warms up and some fish have moved up from the Usk.

The weather was warm and very bright, with unbroken sun and no cloud cover. Unfortunately there was also a persistent cold downstream wind which killed any hope of a hatch despite the river being at a perfect height.
We managed to rise a few trout to a variety of dry flies, but the fish mostly turned under the fly. Finally we caught (on dry and on nymph), but it was a frustrating day, typical of early season fishing.

3 Trout

Had an hour on the little Blackpool Brook. 14 or so to hand on size 20 baetis copper beadhead fished tight to the heads of the pools, all in the 4-7 inch bracket. Very low water conditions but good fun none the less.

14 Trout

15lb 3oz springer salmon caught at 3.45 pm on black and red flying c.

1 Salmon

Dull start and little trout activity. Weather brightened up and fish started showing. 5 fish caught, 4 on dries 1 on ptn nymph the largest 1.25lbs. Successful dries were cdc shuttlecock 18, hares ear klink 16, black klink 14.

5 Trout

2 Trout

A good day and some lovely water to fish. A slowish start early on but fish started to respond from around 9am to nymphs. Clink & dink became the most successful method as the day wore on as fish were somewhat reluctant to rise to a trickle of LDO's & a brief but significant hatch of March browns.

12 Trout