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Unusual start to the day, met another couple of fishermen who thought they had booked the beat for the day, turns out they had the wrong day. Hopefully they found another beat to fish today and they have a good day tomorrow.

Bright start to the day, water a good hight and very clear. Brought a small WBT to hand on PTN early in the day. Clouded over so went for dries, although very little rising. Nothing until mid afternoon then a couple of 1lb WBT on a dark Dun.

And finally a lovely fish of about 2.5 - 3lb, taken under the trees on far bank about half way down first field. A spider was too hard to resist.

The Usk can be a difficult river and unpredictable but when you have days like today it is just magic. Swallows, Heron and a Kingfisher at the bottom of beat..... and four fish in great condition all returned.

4 Trout

Water gin clear. 1 ft on Llanstaphan gauge. Bright sunlight till about 1. Plenty of flys hatching, no fish moving. Caught 8ins. brownie on dry yellow plume.

1 Trout

Beautiful beat. Teeming with fry, but unfortunately hardly any trout seen. Saw one rise and lost a fish to a nymph in one of the deep pools.

4 Trout

1 Trout

River low and clear with very little hatching. All fish caught using long leader contact nymphing. Largest fish was just under 19”.

6 Trout

A very challenging beat , very steep banks and limited swims to fish , bottom half of the beat not worth fly fishing.
No fish on dry flies , only saw 2 fish rise , so I fished the duo and caught both on a nymphs

2 Trout

Went along in the evening to see if there was a rise. Warm, overcast with a little rain. Loads of flies of every type but surprisingly little activity. Tried prospecting with parachute adams and french partridge mayfly but blanked.

Caught 4 trout using artificial worm

4 Trout

3 trout around 1lb landed, several risen and one lump of a fish lost.

3 Trout