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Another lovely Spring day, some cloud in the morning which cleared, so warm and sunny throughout. No sign of surface activity until about 12.30 when there was quite a prolific March Brown hatch.. Lasted about 20 mins at it's peak, but carried on intermittently for about an hour. I benefitted from the 'awakening' with one fine brown trout, 17", caught at about 1pm, on a yellow wulff mayfly pattern.

1 Trout

3 Trout

1 Grayling

Fished dawn till dusk on fly, not much doing apart from a good fish showing at very bottom of the beat and a solid pike that got me thinking. Superb spring day with the river in great nick, great to be out!

1 Trout

11 landed and another 8 missed chances. Consistent trickle of March Browns from 10am-4pm, the most prolific hatch being at about 1100.

Not much surface activity but the fish still rose freely to the dry fly in the faster riffles especially.

The biggest two were battle scarred old brutes and with very worn fins akin to a stocked fish - not expected in an Usk Brown, usually fin perfect.

11 Trout

First time at this lovely brook - advice was fish early in the season before it gets overgrown.
The farmer has done some bank clearing but still some bramble to contend with in places.
Looks like classic dry fly water but nothing rising so euro nymphing was the order of the day.
This worked well with Two nice fish netted one 8” on gold bead PTN.
Parking note, park in front of the old tractor shed just past the house and not in front of the house - as requested by the farmer.

2 Trout

2 rainbow trout and 1 brown trout caught on worm on the bottom. Brown trout returned alive.

2 Trout, 1 Other

Nothing caught, using worm and spinning

No fish today nice day windy though fish being caught over by the burger van an above

3 Trout