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First time for me fishing on a river, up until now I have fished still waters. Took my son and had a good day, weather was overcast but very windy which was challenging however we did manage to catch 2 brown trout one on a gold headed nymph the other on a Mayfly. There was a good mayfly hatch throughout our time there and we had plenty of takes.

Great day on this marvellous beat. The pool at the bottom of the beat(below the weir pool) is one of he most picturesque spots to be found anywhere in the UK.
Plenty of fly life about but not as many mayflies as I was expecting given the amounts coming of the Monnow. Still a good day with a couple of dozen fish coming to hand mostly between 10-15 inches.

Very bright day, clear skies no cloud, light breeze. 2 brown trout both about half a pound and one small grayling. Fish rising intermittently to black flies. Fish caught on an artificial hawthorn fly. A fair number of fish seen but difficult to catch due to the conditions. This is a lovely stretch of river which I had to myself all day. The upper part of the beat above the weir is difficult to access and even more difficult to cast on in the wooded area.There were many large shoals of fry in the margins which seems a healthy sign.

Six brown trout to 10", 1 salmon par, 1 grayling. An excellent days fishing, river a little shallow, but fishable. All fish caught with a single fly, a sedge olive. Banks are now getting to be a little overgrown with nettles etc.

Warm day with bright sunshine and little fish activity. 1 tiny trout on Hare's Ear - some larger fish seen on the move from the footbridge. Some spinners late evening but no appreciable rise. Saw handsome otter in the gathering gloom - scared only rising fish off! Nice day out.

Two tiny brown trout on a nymph, returned. Very warm and sunny day. Cattle a menace; one ran towards and then charged at me as I walked round a group that were by the river around 30 yards away from me (I ran and got behind a clump of trees); groups occasionally approached me when I was wading near to a slope into the river.

3 x Brown Trout largest 12oz, Tough conditions, very bright, very low water.

Had a lovely days fishing on the Lugg. River clear, hatches of olives during the day. Caught 4 brown trout to 10 inches all returned.

Very blustery day, wind and rain kept the fly life firmly sub surface. This is a very interesting beat the parts that are not impounded by the weirs are classic Lugg and some of the most picturesque water you will find any where in the catchment. Although the day was slightly marred by the constant attention of the cows who always seemed to want to wade in the pool I was about to fish next. Still I managed 5 BT up to about 12 inches and 6 out of season grayling the best of which was real conker measuring in at somewhere around 50cm. Why is it that grayling get so ugly when they reach these sort of sizes?

A very hard day was had, I caught a trout in 1st half hour and my friend had 2 grayling. This was a very hard beat but weather was lovely so it wasnt all bad. Seen about three or four small fish top all day and 2 mink in the bottom wier! On the whole a nice beat but only really found half dozen decent swims in the conditions. Think will venture back to the Usk next time. Paul