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Blisteringly hot day with fairly strong wind veering between east and south. Mostly fished the top end where the streams come in. Eventually, netted two brown trout, one estimated at about 1.5 lbs and the other 0.66 lbs. Very satisfying given the conditions. Bibio variant (George Barron?) did the business. Access to top end - penultimate layby and walk down to water through the woods.

2 Trout

Very hot day but found some fish in the deeper water.

10 Barbel, 12 Chub

Fished the ciliau run, perfect water level. Arrived 7:30 so a 4 hours fishing before the sun got on the river. No surface activity, fished with beaded hairs ear 3ft under Klink. 2 pound chub?, a salmon par and, one trout 3 grayling all under a pound

Returned in the evening, perfect conditions for a rise but nothing doing

1 Trout, 3 Grayling, 1 Other

4 Trout

First time on this beat, booked an evening session 5pm to around 7.30pm. River a nice level and running clear. As the beat description says, the beat on the left bank is fenced off with several acces points over the electric fence. With a couple of exceptions, there is then a 6 foot drop to the water making it impossible to exit the water even if you can get in. At this time of year the bankside vegetation is head high so walking up and down the bank on the river side of the fence is not possible.
The footbridge is closed see (photo attached) and in the couple of places I could access the water from the left bank, there was no access out of the water on the right bank, again due to thick vegetation, high banks or both.
There is a mix of runs and deep pools so you are limited in how far up or down the river you can wade. The result is that I was unable to access the right bank at all having explored the whole beat. I am pretty intrepid when it comes to fishing the wild streams but I was only able to fish perhaps 150 yards of this beat in total. I won't be returning until the vegetation has died down and the bridge access has been restored.
On the bright side, the directions are accurate and the parking well organised.
No fish seen or caught.

Fishing Passport Note 2nd April 2024 : An update on the bridge. We are led to believe that Herefordshire Council will be carrying out repairs in the 2024/25 financial year.

Beautiful day but 0 fish

Didnt fish as water temp was aboiut 18 degrees

Beautiful beat, but no fish rising! River low, weather hot. Perfect instructions and pool details. A pleasure to read.
Thank you for caring for this lovely stretch of the Usk.

With the river low and the temperatures nearing 30 degrees for the start of September we concentrated on fishing early morning and late evening. Some good barbel to 8lb although the fish tended to come in short bursts.

8 Barbel, 23 Chub