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We kept this stretch for our last day because it is our favourite. two of us headed downstream as there was not much showing and fished with nymphs without success. Before lunch a few fish rose but refused to take our offering. after lunch all three (brothers) of us fished above the bridge managing a few tentative rises but not connecting with anything. late on my younger brother swung his wets below the bridge which accounted for a couple of knocks .

Bright sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and the water was lovely and clear, reading 11C. Lots of olives coming off the water from mid-morning until late afternoon and a good March Brown hatch twenty minutes either side of noon, but no trout rising to them. Found one fish rising later in the afternoon and covered it with a CDC olive which it took and spat out, the feel of the hook obviously put it off and there were no more rises.
With all the fly life and balmy sunshine we were tempted to use dries for a while, but with nothing happening we switched to nymphs, going through plenty of colour, size and weight combinations. Two trout of around 9" and one about 5" resulted, all returned. Hard work, but neither of us are accomplished nymphers - I suspect someone who knows what they're doing with a czech nymphing rig would have done much better in the pocket water.
Lovely surroundings and the estate pub does very good bacon sandwiches.

3 Trout

Very little insect activity but a small hatch occured mid afternoon . Caught 4 fish up to 1lb, all on small black klinks.

4 Trout

After hard and successful yards the previous day at Ashford, a couple of late morning hours witnessed the first magical rise of the season for me of trout to olive. 2.5 fish caught on olive emerger.

2 Trout

Glorious spring day with the river at just the right height. Fished only the upper beat. Landed one 12 inch trout, hooked and lost 3 others of about the same size. Good hatch of LDOs at around 1pm with a few fish rising from the depths to take them sporadically. Jingler seemed to be the fly that appealed. A wonderful close encounter with a young otter who was very curious to find out what I was. I don't understand why there is any need to stock this beat as there appear to be good numbers of wild trout - don't most people fishing WUF beats prefer catch and release of wild fish ? Fortunately it hadn't been stocked yet this season.

1 Trout

A stunning stretch of water. Quiet on the fishing front but impossible not to appreciate being able to fish there

1 Trout

A quiet year for salmon on the Usk we understand. 3 trout took impossibly large flies but not the intended quarry.

3 Trout

River level a bit low but had a great day. One or two tugs on the line - next time I will return with trout rod.

No joy. Good hatch and plenty of movement.....

A breezy evening fly fishing on the lower beat with plenty of cloud and the odd shower. River falling and clear with a brown stain. Fishing an Usk Grub had one small grilse on and off after two quick leaps at the Fishing Green and a few trout going for the salmon fly after the recent rain.
An exciting evening on a great piece of fly water.

1 Trout