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Chub and more chub if you like chub have a days fishing here very good

25 Chub

1 Trout

Plenty of obliging chub up to 3.5 pounds. Fished close to the upstream limit of the beat in a deeper pool just above the riffle. Luncheon meat took most of the fish

40 Chub

7 Barbel

First time fishing this beat and what a good beat to fish. Only fished ¾ of the length of the beat upriver sighting and targeting rising fish. Caught 6 on caddis dry fly and 3 on pheasant tail nymph with an orange tag. Quite surprising how deep some of the swims can get too. Very good beat will definitely be returning

9 Trout

Overcast, drizzley day. 3 good chub but hard work getting bites

3 Chub

5 x grayling, 2 x trout, spiders

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

1 Barbel, 10 Chub

Fished the bottom end of the beat. Overcast day with showers. The river was running very clear. Managed to land 4 brown trout on nymphs (PTN & Black Magic), ranging in size: 18, 27, 30 to 45 cm. Started using the duo technique and switched to contact nymphing after lunch. I hauled the big one out of a very narrow (1m wide), deep channel in the middle of the river bed just above the waterfall. Estimate that one to be around 2.5Ibs and it took some landing - absolutely stunning fish. I certainly don't catch them like that very often. (It was returned).
This is a beautiful, secluded stretch of the Usk. I was expecting to see more fish as each pool looks very fishy indeed. But the water is super clear and perhaps I spooked them or perhaps I'm not quite adequate for the task! The fish are certainly there and they fight hard whatever their size. Thanks to the WUF for making fishing like this available to us all.

4 Trout