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Dry fly and nymph (mainly upstream). Missed 3 takes on a dry fly, caught on a small silver head ptn. Water low, brown algae on stones out of main flow.

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Low water levels. Very little seen in the way of rising fish despite lots of flies coming off the water throughout the day.
Two fish to the net (3/4lbish),.
Further two fish lost after the jumped all o er the place amd shook the hooks ( barbless).
Two kingfishers seen in the evening sun ... lovely stuff.

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Cut the day short due to rain. No fish - again :-( but fabulous lunch of meat pie and potatoes in the local village pub.... silver linings and all that.

Not been to this beat before and found Ashford Ho easily and parked. Tried to follow the directions to the river. Going 'through the small wooden gate' led to a path that rapidly became unpassable and impenetrable. Guessing a different route it took me around 30minutes walk to reach the river and on arriving found the banks were near vertical and around 3-4m high. Resulted in a further long walk along the river to find access to the water. Some signage would be really helpful and a better map sketch as the one issued is of such a small scale it's not much use.
Beautiful river section and enjoyed my time on it. The following day I parked on the road near the Talybont on Usk bridge which gave a shorter walk but still much longer than the 200m.

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Beautiful stretch of river, lots of diverse fishing opportunity if water was slightly higher. Overcast throughout mid-morning so a few rises spotted, 1 caught on PTN fished just below surface, and one on black gnat. Both returned

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