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Plenty of fish rising but struggled for takes, finally got one on a small black gnat. Lovely day.

1 Trout

Lovely small brownies in perfect condition. Access to the top third of the beat is limited due to new fencing.

5 Trout

3 Trout

4 Trout

Only fished a few hours in the afternoon. Despite the level only sitting at 1’3” on the gauge, the river was carrying a lot of colour and only just worth fishing with a salmon fly. Shad are still a bit of a nuisance.

6 Other

Fished for few hours in the evening. Nice to see so many insects on the water but although trout were rising frequently, I couldn’t work out what they were taking. One trout on a tiny CDC dry, then three more after changing to a team of wets. Two decent fish of just over a pound and all took a snipe and purple.

4 Trout

Enjoyable day on the river despite very coloured water and no realistic prospect of a salmon. 1.4m at Lydbrook after a week of rain. Stunning scenery, generally very easy wading on the pools marked as fly water, plenty of water to explore, only saw 1 canoe all day. Incredible mayfly and olive hatch for trout anglers!

The lower section is really just for spinning as high banks (6’ plus in places) and very deep water right off the bank with heavy brambles right to the waterline. Good for fly from top of beat and I could see more water would open up in lower flows.

1 trout of 10’ took a 1.5” cascade tube!

1 Trout

10 Trout

A good fish of around 2.5lbs taken on a deeply fished PTN at the tail of a pool, and 2 others on a dry - both around 1.5lbs.
Healthy fish, all safely returned.

3 Trout

Perfect weather and conditions on a great WUF beat. There was an Olive hatch and rises when I started fishing at around 11am but it had finished an hour later. I picked up a nice 3/4 pounder in a streamier run on a gold headed nymph. Stopped at 2.30 and came back at 7.30 pm. What a wonderful evening to be on a river like the Usk. Still, warm, overcast with fish rising. Despite the riseforms looking like they were feeding on emergents, it wasn’t til I put on a small pale olive dry that I tempted another. Stalking, and rising and landing a WBT on an evening like this is perfection. Thanks to WUF for such a great beat.

2 Trout