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Hot, bright and river very low. Fish very spooky due to the river level however I managed two 8" trout on a nymph at the beginning of the session and then a 14" on a dry in the evening. Clearly some decent fish in the stretch and I look forward to returning in more favorable conditions.

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Dry fly and nymph upstream. The river is very low and clear, few fish showing and easily spooked. Not my day, nothing caught.

After Dinas and Abercynrig the night before, my brother and I turned our attention to Penpont further upstream. Another warm evening and difficult conditions. I fished above the bridge and brought two nice trout to hand from the top gutters whilst my brother fished downstream and had no luck whatsoever. This river needs rain.

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After fishing the Usk yesterday I knew that really it wasn't worth it until late in the evening so I only started fishing at about eight o'clock. Just about then there was quite a good mixed hatch with some yellow mays coming off amonst others. Still tricky fishing and spooky fish, very easy to put a riser down with a lack of stealth of a bad cast. In the end I chose to go slow and target rising fish missing a few and landing about half a dozen before the light was gone and the hatches pretty much over. A lovely section with a number of good riffles perfect for dry fly work at this water level which is very low at present.
Again thanks for the opportunity to fish these amazing beats and lovely rivers..

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Very low and clear, hard going. There is a dead sheep on the boulder beach about 20 yards short of the far gate in the second field. I tried to find someone from the House to let them know but couldn't locate them. Looked fairly "fresh" as wasn't too smelly.
Otherwise lovely stretch of river but hard work getting near ultra spooky fish and fighting a nasty downstream wind. Hope to return one day. Would be a lot easier fished as a pair with someone helping to spot!
My full blog post is here https://www.theunfamousfly.co.uk/challenging-fishing-on-the-usk/

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My first time here and a tough day fishing wise, river getting very low with very few aquatic insects coming off, the only real hatch of the day was of the tiniest upwings I’ve ever seen, these were then joined by a very limited number of larger insects, just enough to get the odd fish to show itself once or twice if you were lucky.
However I managed to find enough to keep me fishing dries and enjoyed some very stealthy wading targeting difficult fish but at the end of the day only one was brought to hand, this may sound like a lousy days fishing but it was thoughly enjoyable with fish lost and missed during the day. There are some wonderful dry fly flats which would make fantastic fishing with a decent hatch, I’ll definitely be back.

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