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The river looked in much better condition,saw some strands of rules growing,very exciting

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

This is a lovely long beat with a real variety of water. Wasn't expecting too much as it was quite hot, very sunny and low water conditions, but the day started really well with four fish by early afternoon - three of them nice ones too of 14-15". Three on nymph, but another to a Parachute Yellow May dun. Some decent hatches of yellow mays, small olives, and even a smattering of mayfly but the trout hadn't switched on to the latter yet. The dippers and yellow wagtails were having a field day though. The odd fish rising and taking but they were a bit more subdued due to the weather I guess. The second half of the day became a bit of a carnival really with loads of people on the river, even though I avoided the central town bit - three other trout fishermen, swimmers, a flotilla of boys in rubber rings, an inflatable dinghy, an air mattress plus swimmers, parties on the banks. dogs jumpong in and out etc. - although I'm not sure if the trout minded too much, I guess they are fairly used to it all. I was a bit unlucky in that five more fish came off the hook - but a lot of it became very technical with large pods of small fish around the church rising to really tiny stuff, don't think I really found quite the right fly either despite going down to tiny 20s. The low water with little flow also made presentation more difficult, but it was absorbing fishing. Lovely beat - think I may avoid a sunny Sunday next time though just for a little more peace and quiet, although great to see many other folks enjoy and value the Usk besides us flyfishers!

4 Trout

2 Trout

A beautiful beat with plenty of variety. Difficult very low conditions, but a number of takes on olives. Just the one half-pounder caught and released.

1 Trout

Nice rainbow caught on mepps gold spinner third cast
An hour later another off the bottom with popped up worm caught A470 side all went quiet for a few hours then
Fished other side of reservoir in the afternoon brought 3 to the surface but failed to land them
Then another 2rainbows off the bottom between 4 and 5 pm
Nice days fishing in beautiful surroundings
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4 Trout

3 Trout

Blanked this session sadly

3 Trout

Blanked

Low but plenty of flow. Only fished 2 pools mid morning, no rises but caught a stonking 2lb+ trout on red tag beaded nymph tight to the bank in slow wide pool. Managed to fill my chest waders with water so had to call it a day after only two hours.

1 Trout