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16 Trout, 1 Chub

An evening session here and the water was low of course but still chugging along v nicely and very fishable ! Deliciously cool water & lots of shade. Lovely.
A few mayfly knocking about and a few olives too but nothing to really get them going up top. Reasonable numbers of varied bugs on the stones and rocks. Tons of midge larvae! The ranunculus hasnt got going yet which was surprising?
Impressive spinner clouds over the banks late evening, but thats where they stayed ! No sedge showing late on.
Happy with the two fish , one maybe pushing a pound (both on a 16 para adams) and a fair few more fluffed too and the locations of a good number of decent fish now noted for another time . Wait and watch is the game here for sure.

2 Trout

Never had a knock all day despite the occasional fish showing. Tried various lakes

V hot day, river low & stale with little surface activity.

1 Trout

3 Trout

4 Trout

River low water was clear not much fly activity, the owner telephoned and was very helpful with information on the water and where the fish might be. good day need a bit of rain to add the the water level.

The river looked in much better condition,saw some strands of rules growing,very exciting

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

This is a lovely long beat with a real variety of water. Wasn't expecting too much as it was quite hot, very sunny and low water conditions, but the day started really well with four fish by early afternoon - three of them nice ones too of 14-15". Three on nymph, but another to a Parachute Yellow May dun. Some decent hatches of yellow mays, small olives, and even a smattering of mayfly but the trout hadn't switched on to the latter yet. The dippers and yellow wagtails were having a field day though. The odd fish rising and taking but they were a bit more subdued due to the weather I guess. The second half of the day became a bit of a carnival really with loads of people on the river, even though I avoided the central town bit - three other trout fishermen, swimmers, a flotilla of boys in rubber rings, an inflatable dinghy, an air mattress plus swimmers, parties on the banks. dogs jumpong in and out etc. - although I'm not sure if the trout minded too much, I guess they are fairly used to it all. I was a bit unlucky in that five more fish came off the hook - but a lot of it became very technical with large pods of small fish around the church rising to really tiny stuff, don't think I really found quite the right fly either despite going down to tiny 20s. The low water with little flow also made presentation more difficult, but it was absorbing fishing. Lovely beat - think I may avoid a sunny Sunday next time though just for a little more peace and quiet, although great to see many other folks enjoy and value the Usk besides us flyfishers!

4 Trout

A beautiful beat with plenty of variety. Difficult very low conditions, but a number of takes on olives. Just the one half-pounder caught and released.

1 Trout