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Low and very clear. V strong wind, downstream, rain. A few olives from 11-2, a few rises. Managed two nice fish from shallowish sheltered part near bank after seeing one move; one on a PTN, the other a klink.

2 Trout

Cold - fish perhaps in a hypothermic stupor or just stunned by my fumblings on first seasons expedition...either way did not trouble my net. Very brief meagre hatch of march browns when sun came out, couple of rises but was over no sooner i had tied on a dry. Couple of pulls on nymphs but got off. Lovely stretch of water ... good mix of water...will come back.

Blank

Lovely spring day, clear skies and sunshine with a blustery downstream wind. hatch of LDOs but nothing rose to them. One fish hooked and lost by Kris, but that was the only fish action of the day. Water low and clear and very varied on a long beat. A very beautiful stretch of the usk.

2 x trout 10 - 15 inches, Waterhen Bloa. Another rather cold day, certainly colder than the weatherman promised. Nothing at all until about 12.30 when a very sparse hatch of large dark olives began. I think I had counted only a dozen or so by 2.30pm when they stopped. One rising fish seen, in a place I couldn't reach. And just three takes all through the same period on spiders. Two resulted in fish. And the third came viciously out of the blue while I was wool-gathering, looking around and thinking what an attractive estate Penpont is...and broke the leader, I am afraid to say. It's been a while since I fished Penpont early season, which tends to leave me feeling I have earned the sort of comments which used to appear on school reports. You know - "could do better", "need to try harder" etc. I might have done better with nymphs, but it's somehow more attractive to try to follow the hatch. An interesting day and no doubt things will get easier as the water warms.

2 Trout

1 Trout

River very low and clear despite some rain the previous night. Warm, fairly bright day. This made it difficilt not to spook fish but it did mean I saw a few fair sized ones as I frightened them. Fish were rising during a lot of the the session but it was difficult to determine what was causing this. There were a lot of small light olives (pale wateries?) and spinners in less numbers. Getting takes was difficult. The rises were dimples in the surface film. Went through the fly box. Hooked fish or caught them on size 18 f fly, ginked up ghre nymph and size 18 light olive klinkhamer. Lost a couple, one quite large and caught 3(1small,1 x 12ins,1 x 16ins.). All returned. Lovely day in peaceful surroundings. Very few campers,dogs etc at this time of year.

3 Trout

River very low and crystal clear. Fish rising but easily spooked. Very difficult fishing conditions. Dry fly, wet fly and nymphs all attempted on v fine leaders but no obvious takes.

4 Trout

Last day of a five day holiday on the upper Usk. River was the lowest I've ever seen it at Penpont, much reducing the amount of fishing available. Very sparse hatch of small olives. 1BT 12" on a PT nymph - returned. Spooked several good fish hunting autumn dun nymphs in the shallows. Impossible to get a fly to them before they see you! Tough fishing on a beautiful September day.

1 Trout