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Caught 6 Brown Trout up to about 11 inches, had a Rainbow Trout of around 14 inches try to eat one of the smaller Brown trout as I was bringing it in. Fascinating to watch.

Good hatch of Olives started around 1pm. A great beat in fantastic scenery.

Nil return. Cold, sunny, cold upstream wind.

One Trout one and half pounds on a gold headed pheasant tailed nymph.

No fish caught. A stunning location that more than made up for no catch.

6 x trout 14-15 inches, spiders. As with other middle Usk beats at the moment, it's mainly about that short window of opportunity in the afternoon when a few large dark olives hatch off, before the cold winds come back to shut it down again by about 4 o'clock.

No fish caught. An enjoyable afternoon. Fished Gwynne Fawr last year and found signage better that this beat.

We fished at Maes-y-Beran for an hour or so in the morning but didn't see any signs of fish or fly hatching despite similar sunny warm conditions to the previous day. Around 11am we moved to fish Chanstone Court and had a superb few hours sport with a total of 12 brownies to a 1lb and one small Grayling between us. Again a steady hatch of olives with fish caught on nymphs and dries.

What a splendid way to finish the season. 7 barbel between 6 - 7.5 lbs, 5 chub up to 4.15oz (bounced the scales but couldn't get it to go over the magic 5lb barrier!) a 3 lb 2oz brown trout and a 5lb jack.

You definitely have to stay the pace and make the most of the last hour of daylight / dusk to get the best from the fishery. First barbel came at 8.15am, second at 5pm. I'll be back to try this stretch in the summer.

...fished this stretch on the last day of the season, we all caught. In total 1 small grayling & chub 4lb, 3.5lb, 2.5lb and 2lb approx. Weather and river conditions were superb.

Very inviting pools, some must hold big fish but didn't see head nor tail of any all day. The odd olive seen, nothing caught.