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Well thought I'd give an old favourite a bash this afternoon .... parked up at half eleven .... should have really left it another hour or more to be honest .... humid warm and they said maybe thunder and heavy downpours !!!
Tackled up my usual old faithful six foot two weight and initially plumbed for an #18 Para Adams ... a great suggestive fly for here ... Not much looking up the first hour then bang .... I'd been watching an increasing amount of Upwings, sedge and some hawthorn on the go... nice snd warm by half one ....
Missed a few today but still a cracking few hours , went right up to the road at Hundred House ... First time I've done that in an age, some lovely trouty pools up there!!! Splashy takes on my Adams and Para Greenwells .... I did actually see three mayfly at the back end of the day .... about fourish.... seven made it to the net .... sizes from five to eleven inches maybe ... good fun although seemed so confined after Craig Goch and Claerwen Resevoirs !!! Will venture out on another wild stream on Saturday .... I think things are hotting up ......at last !!! Been a slooooooooow start on the wild streams ..... home and time to crack open a bottle of Old Speckled Hen !!!

7 Trout

No catch today, but some lovely hours on the river Usk.

Rough weather today.Rain and wind making land your cast where you wanted difficult.Fish from 4 to 11 inches . started with Duo and then switched to double dry fly just to try to bring the fish up and see the takes.Missed many many more .

13 Trout

Lovely day on this great stretch, sadly fish weren’t cooperating other than a few missed takes on dries.

Beautiful beat, beautiful day.
A couple of showers, but otherwise fair - cloud with occassional sunshine.
River clearing and falling , but still little sign of fly life or the presence of fish.
Fished wets and nymphs through all the obvious lies, with no success.!

Good day all bagged up by 1 oclock

12 Trout

Couple of hours in the evening. Caught two brownies of about 2lb.

2 Trout

A decent sized fish 14” from the roadside bank on Bibio.

1 Trout

Overcast with sunny intervals, no wind. River in perfect condition. Huge hatch of olives from around 11:30 to 14:30. Also some March Browns, a short burst of Hawthorn Fly and the occasional Mayfly. Fish rising on the flats at either end of the main pools. No obvious activity in the faster riffles. Lots of fish coming up to my fly but swerving away at the last moment. The occasional take, which was swiftly rejected. Worked through the olive patterns in my fly box. What worked was a standard light olive but on size 16 hook. I think the clear calm conditions on the flats gave the fish too much time to check out my fly-tying skills. Two nice WBT to the net. A thunderstorm at 14:30 put an end to the hatch and the day's fun. It's a long walk in the rain back to the car park at Ashford House !

2 Trout

40 Trout