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Hot, sunny, windless day. Water very clear, odd fish rising but otherwise no general rise to speak of, lovely location.
Like a previous angler I encountered a large mink (with an attitude) it looked at me and then walked past literally at my feet completely unconcerned. reminder not to leave any fish unattended.
Did observe a Lamprey from the bank digging mid river in the gravel

3 trout caught on dries within the first 10 minutes of arriving at the beat - nothing thereafter all day. Strange day - lots of fish rising between 11:00 and 13:00 with very little thereafter. I spent a good hour trying to catch one fish at the bottom of the beat that was rising in a single location every few minutes. I failed on about half a dozen times to connect despite the fish rising to my fly - I think my strike action needs a bit of work. Enjoyable day anyway.

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One 12” brown trout caught on nymph and a small 6” trout caught on a spider. Very little fishing fish until it picked up slightly at dusk, and those fish were uninterested in any dry flies I casted. Good to meet Jim from Carolina USA who was fishing this beat today.

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Second visit to this lovely stretch and were encouraged to see fish feeding on the surface from late morning and then frustrated not to contact any despite multiple nerve jangling swirls at dry flies.

Saw three mink during the course of the day including a couple that ran along the field edge so close to me I could have nearly got them with my wading stick! On the subject of pests also had a double canoe come through the stretch during the day!

River level good and water clear. The day was generally bright and sunny but with a steady breeze blowing in from the west.
Quite a few sporadic hatches (March Brown) throughout the day with the odd trout rising occasionally.
Netted a WBT at the lower end of the beat on an Olive Klinkhammer. Three more good takes at the top end of the beat.
My friend caught two in the upper ripples of the section.
Towards the end of our session (3pm’ish), quite a hatch of March Browns brought the trout alive. He switched to the nearest fly he had that resembled the hatch and hooked one almost immediately. It threw the hook after quite an aerobatic display!
A lovely beat on a very picturesque part of the Usk with Pen-y-Fan as a backdrop. Will certainly return on another occasion.
All fish returned safely.

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