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River low and clear, sunny in morning then more cloud. Hatches from 12 30, caught 5 rising trout, one good fish. Finished at 3 due to committments, felt hatches might easily have continued into the afternoon. Didn't fish top three pools just past the farm - 15+ canoeists were above and below the little waterfall practising er canoeing over little waterfalls...

5 Trout

Bright and sunny but a cold east wind. Very little hatching: just a few LDOs and occasional March brown. One 12" brownie on KMC olive. Otherwise tough going.

1 Trout

1 times Brown Trout 11 inches approx 1lb caught on a Ginger dry fly at 1320. There was a prolific hatch at 1300 and lasted for about 30 mins. Water conditions were very good and sporadic fly throughout the day.

1 Trout

The water was running clear slightly above normal level @ 0.31 there were a few fish rising taking dark olives. We fished dry fly and weighted nymphs. The 2 fish were brown trout 1LB 6OZ and 1LB 2oz caught on pheasant tail nymphs.
Excellent water, 1st time on the Usk and really enjoyed it. Would definitely go again.

2 Trout

Two trout caught and returned both to french nymphing. Biggest fish was approximately 1lb 4oz.

2 Trout

Lovely spring day but a nasty North wind. Brief hatch of olives at around 11, no fish moving until a March Brown hatch started at 1 then the trout were on it fish taking nymphs and duns lovely stretch of water

1 Trout

A cold miserable day though a sign of spring was the first house martins of the year. Just before rain stopped play made brief contact with a heavy fish on nymphs fished deep. Otherwise no sign of fish or fly.

It was quite early in the season, fishing was hard, river running heavy. We were using pheasant tail and hairs ear bead nymphs down deep but to no avail. It was though a beautiful spot and we had a great day and hey this is fishing and why we do it. Thanks for your hard work WUF for making this type of water available to us.
Kind regards
Malcolm and Malcolm

One of those early season days when a cold night and a river full of cold rain water kept the fish in their winter hideaways. A few small olives and a very brief flurry of March Browns wasn't enough to get them moving. Nothing caught this time, but time on the water is always a better classroom than reading articles in the fishing mags that make it sound so easy.

1 Trout