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Nil - washed off!

Dare I say,"too much rain"? Water quite high and no fishing attempted. Did notice large numbers of canoeist searching for "safe" water as Wye was out of the question....None actualy in the water though.

A week of rain ended on the Friday about noon, prayers answered and the water was down a foot by next morning. Still pushing through at quite a pace but I was going to give it a go. Only 15-20% of beat was fishable due to rate of flow making wading tricky in a lot of places but it still took FIVE HOURS to get to the top and that was only from the Church/bridge......3 fish of 8" on a 'Bloody butcher' of all things, size 14, when practicing across-and-down on a sink tip in preparation for a weeks sea trout fishing later in the year!
Not a huge catch but if this beat held the average head of fish for it's size, and it will one day soon we hope, you couldn't fish it all in one day! Well worth the 4 vouchers just for the views and wildlife...Beware, the sheep in this valley will SWIM the river to say hello!!

None, river in flood.

Didn't fish due to river level.

None, river in flood

None caught

10lb Salmon, Beat3 on Spinner

No salmon caught or seen. However one pike around 9lbs and 1 brown trout around 1.5lb. Both taken on a spinner and safely released.

17 x trout 8-17 inches, taken on various spiders, Dark Olive Sparkle Dun and Deer Hair Emerger. The spring weather threw about everything at the river Usk today, hot sun, cold winds, drenching rain. There were very sparse hatches of both large dark olives and also march browns - just a few - and rather than intense, these hatches went on for most of the afternoon. The fish were definitely interested, but it was necessary to work out which insect they were switched on to in each pool. The spiders were used for when nymphs were being taken in the fast water; the dries for fish feeding on adults in the slow glides. There were some fabulous wild trout in the catch, quite a few at 15 inches, and the best pair at 16 and 17 inches, proper black-spotted "Usk leopards." The Abercynrig estate was looking at its best and spring fishing doesn't get much better than this - altogether a memorable day.