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First visit to the river Usk as have mostly been fishing the river Wye. As stated before the river is in need of a lot of rain to bring it up to its best. I did drive through the field as no sheep present and parked by bridge. Started bottom of beat and worked my way up. Some trout rising and did have a chance but missed to a fished KH side 10. Only action was at top of beat with the only fish of the day caught on size 10 jig black nymph which has been a winner recently. My biggest trout to date and was around 10/12 inches.

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Good day fishing - a beautiful and wildlife-rich beat. Quite a lot of fish rising, many taking mayflies, however they were hard to tempt with dry flies in the big pools where the flow was slow due to the river being low, and they were easily spooked. The couple of fish I did catch were in the faster water at the head of the pools. Thinking about it afterwards I wondered if a mayfly nymph would have been a better bet in the slower water.

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I have fished this beat a dozen or so times in the last ten years. I hardly ever catch but keep coming back.I only covered a fraction today. A dodgy leg prevented waders and much clambering so I just fished what I could from the bank and exposed river bed. About 6 small trout, none larger that 12 cm, lovely Usk colours. All caught on various, tiny dry patterns in the foam line of the various pool tails. Saw dippers, wagtails, kites, swifts and a squirrel the size of a cat. Im sure I heard an otter squealing.

6 Trout

A fun afternoon spent on the Edw. Despite bright and sunny conditions we had 8 trout up to 10 inches all caught on small dries. Not the easiest casting on this beat, but that’s what made it so enjoyable.

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Very low water levels made this incredibly tricky. Only some parts of the beat were fish able. X2 trout sighted and lost.

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