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No salmon landed, but one of us had a pull in the tail of the long pool at the bottom of the beat. Wonderful water, but could probably have done with an inch or two more on the river level to allow more of it to fish well.

Brillaint day. River in fantastic condition with a good flow. 1 brown trout caught, approx 1lb on Black Montana fly. Several others striked but none landed.

None caught, six misses early in the session around 7am, after that nothing!
Maybe if the river had been lower, it could have been waded, but it wasn't and I spent more time tangled in trees, bushes etc. Although a cement walkway exists it looks as if there used to be timber on top of it, but that has mostly gone, the cement though is was thin in places, once I realised that I felt safer using the bank. Overall though it was challenging and enjoyable.

My third visit in what looked like promising conditions; river 1ft up and clearing. Fished hard from dawn, rain at 7am was a bit worrying but did'nt ruin it, bright sunshine in the afternoon for a snooze in great scenery, pleasant evening but nothing moved all day.
Really hammered the place with spinners, rapalas, floating/ intermidate lines with cone heads, size 8 + 10 cascades, shrimps etc. Fished through the whole beat twice during the day and the top end pool three times. Did not see anything except a few trout 6-10 inches, and the regular poacher frantically spinning and getting snagged up. At least he moved off when I was in sight!
Thank you WUF for arranging access and in general for all your excellent hard work but please can something be done to sort out some underlying problems in what looks an really interesting beat?
Its all a bit over grown but notably the Himalayan which has gone mad above the Cafn pool and upstream so access is now bad/ dodgey past the river to the top end pool. Its seems a shame at this top end (which I feel is the best of the beat) that you have to get into the pool tail and wade upstream to then fish it back down, even after flicking a spinner over it. The bushes have now fallen in on the opposite side (on the true left bank) of this top end pool making it impossible to land a fly tight to the far bank near the metal fencing (which seems a good spot).
I still can't decide if the huge pretty fly run which is the lower part of the beat is not a migratory motorway upstream or not? Its a shame it always seems to have a poacher on it but least it suggests fish are sometimes there.
Despite three blanks on this beat in good water and still not seeing a thing, its looks a great spot and I would go back. However to do the fishery justice and for a £35 day ticket, it would be great and hugely improved if things could be tweeked a little.

Fished 10am to 7pm, 3 wbt caught, all around 1lb.
All returned. Lovely stretch of Usk, although not many fish located.

There was no salmon caught just one pluck in the upper beat on a Cascade but it might have been a larger trout (five other trout landed all returned). Very nice beat but difficult acces in a large SUV. The Foundation provided all necessary details and your services, most important the fact that even from abroad such a nice beat can be reservated at little cost are to be recommended. Two little points, I like the beat to be controlled as it is the case in most countries. The second point, at 9pm on the opposite site of the river, not replying any greeting, a local boy with cowboy hat, spinning gear and net at hand was screening the bank of rhe river and was clearly annoyed we were still there. This sad fact is also universal on all but the best controlled beats .

No salmon caught or seen. Water a nice height for fly fishing, but the clarity was poor, 3 feet by the evening just. Thunder storms kept washing in debis. Would be nice as previous anglers have said if a strimmer could be used on the paths especially to the top pools. Also with such a nice beat why is there no pool names on the map and no information on salmon cathes or lies?

One fish followed to the edge but did not take.

Nine trout caught up to 1lb 4oz, one fish taken for the pot, two larger fish lost all on small cdc's.

Nothing caught or seen, steps going down to the river almost impassable.