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Cold day with downstream wind, difficult fishing. Very little showing until a brief hatch of small upwings around 3pm on the streamy water at the top of the beat. Missed a few trout slashing at my flies, caught one.

1 Trout

A wash-off rebooking, originally two rods, now me and my 6 year old son. Wasn't able to fish in the morning and arrived at mid-day with a rise underway. As I walked down to the shingle 2 big fish bow-waved out of the shallows and a cracking fish rose in the very tail of tail pool. I wasted 30mins waiting for it to rise again while fish rose higher up. Explored the beat and found some more rising fish at the bottom of the beat. Took a while to work out what they were on, but #16 dark green loopwing was finally accepted by a couple of 11"ers.
Spent some time teaching my son to cast before going back up to tail pool. Picked up a 12" fish on the loopwing and missed a much bigger one before the rise completely petered out around 2pm.
Changed to klink and dink and worked up the run below. Nothing until the very top and then it was a take a cast. First went just over 2lb in the net, second 3lb 4oz (my best Usk trout for 2 years) and third 1lb 10oz. Quality wild trout! All caught just off the main flow at the very top of the run. Went down and tried the run below the ford with the same tactic. Again nothing until the very top when I picked up a 10"er and missed another take.
Packed up at 3.30pm with the salmon rod unused, despite a salmon showing in the run below tail, it was the trout that had my full focus.

7 Trout

Washed off. River was high on friday and came up 2ft overnight.

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