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One brown trout, approx 1/4 pound, returned. Grey klinkhamer. One rise missed. Otherwise hardly any fly/fish activity. Cold, windy, couple of showers.

An interesting day, spent the morning searching for fish with no avail until I switched to summer tactics then I had six fish from one run in quick succession. The best of which measured 22-24 inches. Over the course of the day I had another couple of fish.

No hatch to speak of all day and I did not see a fish rise.

A difficult day with the wind. Very little in the way of sustained hatches. A few dark olives around midday and that was it. No fish rising. Fished nymphs in deep water most of the day. Missed two very subtle takes. No fish to the net. Lovely beat, but just wasn't to be today!

No fish caught but a lovely promising beat.

No fly, no rise, no fish. Caught fine ladie's, seven speed bicycle in good condition.

None caught but one large and powerful trout lost after three 20 metre runs. Hooked at 1210pm on a dry Parachute Adams at the start of a sparse and short-lived olive hatch.
Air temperature 17C, water temp 8/9C. Sunny, cloudless sky, light east breeze. River low and clear. Decision to use light leader with nymph suspended from dry fly cost me the big trout as nymph probably snagged a rock (both flies were broken off)- you live and learn!! Disappointingly, in view of warm air conditions, very little activity from flies and fish for most of day.

Again, many thanks to the Foundation for a highly efficient and friendly booking service !!

An early morning frost resulted in a very sparse LDO and march brown hatch, and consequently very little fish activity (only saw one rise all day). The river was very low and clear for March, and the bright sunshine meant that the trout probably saw me coming from a mile off. I tried a variety of nymphs, spiders and dries but no fish caught. The catch return book mentioned 1.5-2 lb trout being caught on PTNs the week before so the fish are definitely feeding. This is a lovely beat, with easy wading and some nice riffles and glides. I plan to return later in the season when there's a bit more water in the river. N.B. I saw a mink on the opposite bank, just downstream from where the Cynrig joins the Usk.

None caught, lost a 5 lb grilse, suspect had another but it shook the hook before I had a chance to see it. If not that a huge brownie!!

Great day, lovely water.

Grey,overcast morning with showers. Rain cleared through after lunch, with a cool breeze. Very occasional fish showing - three of which we managed to tempt on a size 18 Parachute Adams. We caught five further fish on size 16 tungsten headed PTNs the best of which was just under 3 lbs - the others ranged from 1/2-1lb.
This beat is always a delight to fish with so many varied pools and runs. Most success was from the faster water at the head of the runs.

Thought this was the day to break my Usk Salmon duck but alas ... conditions pretty good as well but no luck just a couple of trout.