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River at a nice height and reasonably clear after recent rain. Water temp 9 C. Air temp 14 C to as high as 18 C. Overall, a very pleasant day. Not much of a hatch, yet trout very inclined towards a dry Parachute olive imitation. Had 10 between noon and 3.30pm, all on this fly, all good fish with the best at 2lb 2oz.
A very satisfying days's fishing particularly after the very cold, lean times of March and early April!
Thanks to the staff at Wye & Usk Foundation for your excellent service !

10 Trout

River was full but clear, mainly sunny and at last warm, despite an upstream breeze. Slow but steady hatch all afternoon but not enough to interest any trout that I could see. Perservered with various nymphs and gold heads, but blanked. Must keep trying!!

River a bit of colour but OK. 1 trout 10 inches - returned. Czech nymph. Only fished 1 hour.

1 Trout

Nothing caught. Lots of debris in river which made fishing almost impossible for significant times of the day. We were not absolutely certain we were in right place, even the locals we spoke to could not work out the map and beats/contours referred to on the map did not accurately correspond to river, but never mind apart from blustery conditions a nice day.

I lost a very large salmon at the Legg Meadow pool after lunch to a Yellow Belly. It was huge!

Fished 2:30 until 5:30. Total blank, no fish seen or hooked, no fly life. Lovely stretch of river though. Will return when the weather improves further.

3 fish all caught on spinner. One nice brown trout well over a pound and a lovely meal. A Rainbow of around a pound and a half and a larger one nearly 3lb. Good sport. Water is still icy cold making it hard going so looking forward to warmer weather.
Great idea for the £10 ticket. I would buy this if I expected a shorter day or poor conditions. A wonderful venue as always. Will fish at least 20 times this year.

3 Trout

6 rainbow trout caught, 1 returned. 4 between 1 and 1 1/2lbs, 1 around 2 to 1/2lbs. Wet and windy with rough water. Fished off bottom with worm.

6 Trout

Mr R caught a pike 10lbs whilst fishing for salmon and Mr Morris caught a kelt, 33 inches.

1 Pike, 1 Other

After a lengthy chat with D.P. of Rugby on the bankside, having noted a few rises, I decided to have a few casts as the rain set in. Nothing rose to dry LDO patterns, so I opted for a single Beadhead PTN (my red holographic ribbed version) and achieved success within a few casts, with the first of 4 wild browns at approx 10" (I thought was a very good fish for this small brook). The others taken ranged from 4~6".....perfect little specimens. A very pleasing hour and a half's fishing, and my first trout of the season. :-)

4 Trout