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Five smalll trout caught and released all 4-10 inches during fishing from 10.30 to 5pm. Two taken on a pheasant tail nymph and 3 on a small dark caddis. Water very, very low and clear but with some dense algal mats covering the bottom (and any nymph presented) in some places. Fished all day and only saw 4 or 5 rises, with very few insects coming off the water. Took a walk along the Wye at Builth one evening and only saw one rise in an hour too. Sad times for our rivers.

5 Trout

6 Trout

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3 Trout, 2 Grayling

No catch

Only able to fish from 11am to 3pm with no fish caught. Tried several methods. Adjacent angler had some success with CDC emerger.

Turned up at the cracking pull in at half eight reading 10 degrees in my truck ....its a lovely panoramic view on the walk down the valley to the little Llynfi Dulas at the bottom ...

Initially this morning a single weighted baetis nymph working the likely pools and actually was the first pool ... bang ... heck of an aggressive take!! Lovely stuff ....

Had another four on the nymph then saw two good rises so on with a small tan klinkhammer ... had another three to the dry ... most satisfying early season trout to the dry fly ... and two of the takes were definitely wanted by the trout too!!! Definitely on the look out for food on the surface now ! All three were prospected casting fish , happy with that !

Only fished three hours up to the deep junction pool , were another little brook comes in ... called it a day at twenty to twelve ... a cracking few hours sport .. been a slow start on the Wild streams mainly due to low water ... this one is holding a bit .. did see an otter very briefly too way up in a straight glide , and nice to see a pair of mandarin ducks ... stunning birds !!!!!

No real issues with obstacles that I can remember down there .... water is still cold and under the stones here is a plethora of caddis and various nymphs... Great to see ....

A lovely few hours and eight beauties brought to hand .... this one's certainly woken up !! Happy days !! !!

8 Trout

Good day bit slow in the morning but bick up in the afternoon

5 Trout

Conditions were not ideal - very low water, and a cool east wind - but it was great to be back on the Usk. Caught one trout of about ½lb on downstrem nymph, and saw one other rise.

1 Trout

I arrived at 11.30 to find an angler fishing from the middle of the river below where the Cynrig stream enters the Usk. This confluence denoting the top limit of the Abercynrig and bottom of the Dinas beat on the true right bank. Having pointed this out politely he then waded back to the Abercynric beat bank right through the productive run below the Cynrig.

I later returned to find his mate in the same position. Again I pointed out the boundary between the beats. In response the chap said, quite correctly, that the boundary on the true left bank was below the Cynrig. The fact of the matter is that it is impossible to access this stretch from the true left bank due to the bankside growth thus it requires access from the top of the Abercymrig stretch on the true right.

Not wishing to spoil my day or indeed anyone elses with an argument I left it at that.

The reason for mentioning this is that fishing in this manner completely ruins the frequently productive top stretch of the beat for those fishing Abercynrig. It would be helpful for Wye Usk to remove the bottom stretch of Dinas below the Cynrig on the map to avoid potential confusion or conflict given that it can not be accessed from the true left bank anyway.

But it did not spoil my day.

On to the fishing. Much colder today with temps only 7C mid morning, cloudy and a much stronger blustery wind which settled mainly upstreamish happily. Very little hatching although the occasional March Brown drifted down around 1 pm. Birds were hawking from time to time and a few slashing rises here and there indicated that something must have been going on albeit sporadically and lightly. Set about the seams and riffles with and Olive Comparadun and by end of play at circa 16.00 had netted 6 trout. 4 were stunning condition fish around 2 – 2.5 lbs and the other 2 wee chaps of about 12 oz and 8 oz.

Yet another super day on the river.

6 Trout