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Water coloured and we fished at lunchtime, so conditions probably too hot. Beautiful beat though and some extremely fishy pools

A great day's fishing. The weather was hot (25C) and muggy but bright and the water level was low-ish but not low summer flow. Didn't turn up until about 3pm. Things were slow initially but as the sun dropped a bit the fish rose steadily to the abundant fly life and I was able to cast to rising fish though some came blind from likely lies. I fished dry fly all afternoon and caught most on a grizzle grey duster. Most flies coming off were olives - some yellow mays about and the odd mayfly. Got broke on a beauty and lost another nice fish. All mine were 10-12 inches apart from one small fish. All were safely returned.
The beat is lovely - the photos on the WUF site don't do it justice. Had the place to myself all afternoon and felt quite privileged to be fishing in such beautiful surroundings in the shadow of Pen y Fan. The details provided with the booking were spot on and I was able to park within 20 yards of the water at the bottom of a field. Access to the beat couldn't be easier. Casting is unrestricted in most places and wading is easy though you need chest waders to get the best out of the fishing. Definitely cross to the bottom section and fish up from the bridge - the bottom section holds some really nice resident fish but they are hard to catch as the water is slick there and they are very fussy. I'll definitely be going back for another go. Saw 3 kingfishers, herons, dippers, bats, heard an otter - fantastic. Thanks WUF for making this stunning fishing available on day permit and so readily booked on your online system.

8 Trout

I've been very unlucky this season. Every time I fish there is a strong upstream wind... and so there was again today! It was rather cold, but there were still good hatches of fly including mayfly. The swifts were taking them from around my head at one point! My friend caught 3 reasonable trout, and I caught nothing... I don't know what is wrong with me... I hooked 7 and they all got off very quickly.

3 Trout

Great day but fish were quite fickle. Plenty of splashes and boils off the top at variety of flies but few hook-ups (or I was just slow to strike..)

3 Trout

1 Small brown trout caught on a nymph, several missed. No fish taken

1 Trout

River flowing clear at normal levels for May, weather dry, mainly cloudy, temperature low teens. Beat halved in size from last year but still plenty of good water to fish, wading and access to top two pools easy less so bottom pool.
Fish showing periodically during the day but nervous feeders managed to catch one nice fish each both long lean fish in beautiful condition with plenty of fight. Morning trout took a mayfly nymph (1 lb 8oz) late afternoon a grey duster (2 lb).

2 Trout

Strong downstream breeze made things a little tricky. Very slow until mid afternoon and then a few fish rising. A smattering of brook duns and small olives as well as occasional caddis. The fish that were rising appeared to be intercepting something else!
A flurry of activity on a small cdc olive patterns before we had to leave, which was probably the time we should have been starting! Two large fish (2lb plus) seen with fungus which was slightly worrying.
A lovely spot to enjoy the delights of the River Usk.

6 Trout

I do love this beat. Even though it is now half the length it was, the best bits are still there. There were decent hatches of mayfly and strong rising throughout the day, peaking mid to late afternoon. I have also realised there are a lot of grayling here too. Couldn't entice any of them! Caught several trout, but one was most exciting.... I hooked what a thought was a parr and was just reeling in to let it off and there was a 3lb trout on the end! We were both shocked to see each other, but then I realised, it had my parr in it's mouth, not the fly!! Suffice to say, I didn't get to land it....

10 Trout

Downstream wind picked up in the afternoon with sparse hatches. 4 on dry and 2 on bugs. One a nice plump 2lb+ fish. All returned.

6 Trout

We returned all the fish. Fairly windy day, but fish rising most of the day, but only in a couple of pools. We only fished dry flies and Klinkhammers. The best flies were Adams, Hares Ear Klink, Sherry Spinner and a Brown Sedge last thing. There were natural Mayflies of various sizes but our imitations were not as successful as the other flies.
We very much enjoyed our day and will certainly like to come again.

20 Trout