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Very fishy beat - has bags of potential. However, on the day of our visit, there was still a lot of water moving after recent heavy rain. Some colour in the water, but not too much of a problem. Regrettably, a brisk cold wind meant little in the way of insect hatches, and we were unable to move a fish with nymph, wet or dry.
In higher flows, the lower couple of hundred yards are somewhat dicey to wade, and once in, getting out can mean retracing steps. Once past this section the banks are lower, and a the river is a wonderful mix of pools, glides and rockier sections. Would definitely visit again given better conditions.

Lovely day on a new beat to me - plenty of fish up to a pound and a quarter or so but some interesting wading :)
Thanks WUF!!!!

3 wild BT caught - 2 on an emerging green olive and another on a nymph.

1 x trout 10 inches, on a Bastard Adams. Like most of the upper Usk above Brecon, a very beautiful beat running over slabs of broken sandstone and this one with four large pools. This part of the river occasionally produces a specimen fish - see FW's report from early this season. However, I have to admit that I struggled on this day. Nothing seen rising all morning. In the shallows, I did see a couple of small sick trout affected by fungus. Eventually, a few large dark olives showed up and I came across just two rising fish, one of which I put down, and one of which took pity on me and accepted the fly.

Raining hard, river rising and brown. Caught 2 small brownies on wet fly in 2 casts, then nothing else all day.

A blank for both of us. Very low water no fish sighted at all. Lovely beat though.

Not a sausage. Water very low, very warm and sunny. No hatches worth mentioning and no fish rising. Both of us tried dries, duo, nymphs - all day without avail. Farmer mentioned chaps on previous day had also blanked.

Beautiful stretch, not much in the way of fly life, one small fish seen rising on the first bend nothing else seen all day both rods a blank. River seemed terribly low on speaking to the farmer. On the way out he informed us he has never seen it so low at this time of year ever. Would definately return, and next time the Foundation staff advise me to fish the Wye for trout at a certain time, perhaps I'll listen. All in all good day.

Lovely weather and a great location but sadly another blank. Only saw a few rises and had a couple of bites but failed to connect. Maybe it will be better later in the year?

Cold wind down the valley but some March Browns about. Unfortunately, no rises and I caught nothing in 4 hrs fishing.