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Cold and overcast. Nil catch.

Beautiful stretch of river - 4 trout the best being around 1.5 pounds caught in the waterfall pool. All on a PT nymph, very few fish rising.

None caught, although did spot a couple of fish rising but was unable to tempt them.

Again river very full, no catch

1 fish seen. Nil caught. Chilly wind.

Guiding 1 x client. 1 fish of 1lb caught and 2 fish lost, all on nymphs.

Just one Brown Trout between the four rods.
Having been washed off from the Wye we gave the upper Usk a try. The river was high but clear with a good hatch of Olives, unfortunatly the fish were unimpressed and showed little interest.
The one fish caught, a 14" brown, fell to a Hares ear F fly which gave a good account of itself in the fast water, at one point I didnt think I would get it to the net. We didnt see this beat at its best with so much water pushing through and would be interested to see it again with less water.

Very fishy beat - has bags of potential. However, on the day of our visit, there was still a lot of water moving after recent heavy rain. Some colour in the water, but not too much of a problem. Regrettably, a brisk cold wind meant little in the way of insect hatches, and we were unable to move a fish with nymph, wet or dry.
In higher flows, the lower couple of hundred yards are somewhat dicey to wade, and once in, getting out can mean retracing steps. Once past this section the banks are lower, and a the river is a wonderful mix of pools, glides and rockier sections. Would definitely visit again given better conditions.

Lovely day on a new beat to me - plenty of fish up to a pound and a quarter or so but some interesting wading :)
Thanks WUF!!!!

3 wild BT caught - 2 on an emerging green olive and another on a nymph.