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Pools green and milky

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Another very poor day on the boat. No fish rising 3 rainbows for a full day's fishing tried every from a floater to a di3. Beginning to wonder if its being stocked at all even the cormorants have disappeared

3 Trout

Just the evening ticket. River low despite recent rain, warm and mostly sunny. Very quiet until 7pm when a late mayfly hatch seemed to wake up every fish. Great evening.

5 Trout

1 Trout

10" fish on nymph dropper water very low. not an easy beat to fish, steep banks and upstream one quarter of beat virtually unaccessible that being said it is the Usk so plenty of fish on the water that is accessible.

1 Trout

River very low today, some parts were virtually static.

The floods earlier in the year have definitely changed this beat, with lots of trees blocking previously good spots. There are also huge banks of stones where there were runs. Having said all this there are new spots to to try and the fishing doesn't seem to have suffered.

I fished dry all day, starting on a size 16 orange clinkhammer, taking the single grayling and five small brownies in the first 100 yards of the beat.

I then upped the size of my fly to a size 14, and then had my first decent fish of the day.

In the end I had six size sizable fish in the 10-12 inch range and on 14 inch beauty that was close to 2lb, the rest of the fish were in the 4-6 inch range.

Fantastic day out, and can't wait for when there's a bit more water as all of those stones have made some lovely runs.

16 Trout, 1 Grayling

I fished the beat from start to finish in five hours with a break for lunch half way. The river was low and overnight rain was giving it a slight, helpful colour as the morning went on. Four fish to hand, mainly to a small GRHE but the best and last rose to a Klinkhammer in the pool just before the last cross river cattle gates. Much as I enjoy Hergest Court it is more difficult to navigate these days. Access is rather restricted by the new barbed wire fencing whilst the cattle gates and several large fallen trees make it something of an obstacle course. I guess I’m just getting old!

4 Trout

Trout rising in the extremely low and clear water when I arrived at 5pm. Shortly after the rise petered out. The odd rise thereafter but couldn’t get one to rise to one of my offerings. Finally got one on a nymph as light began to go.

1 Trout

Not much rising but apparently a good hatch of something at the top of the beat - seagulls eating them in the air but no fly on the water. Very gusty downstream wind. Lovely beat with easy access at low water from the right bank.

2 Trout

Fantastic dry fly fishing in Mayfly season produced fish of 3lb,and 2.5 lb with 4 others over lb just above the bridge. John blanked fishing subsurface nymph through woodstream.
Further visits alone on Sat 28th and Tuesday 31st May late evening produced 2 more fish of 1and3/4 and 1and1/2lb. all fish taken on dry grey wulff 12 fished diagonally upstream..
Brilliant week given the very low water.

6 Trout