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Low, clear water with bright sunshine and a sometimes blustery cold wind made for what was in the most part a tough day. At around midday there was a heavy, one-hour hatch of what I think were March browns and the Usk came alive with most of the fish caught in this period. Before that the river was completely quiet and you'd swear it was lifeless. In the afternoon a trickle of smaller olives and grannom kept some of the fish active.
The trout ranged from 1-2lb, caught on both dried and nymphs. All were in great condition and all were released.
Access to and along the river here is a little tricky in places but did not cause us too many issues. All-in-all a great day on the beautiful Usk in fantastic surroundings.

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21 04 21 - Glan - y - Afon  A cooler overcast day with an upstream breeze.
A 10.30 start. A few LDO's around but not much happening as I walked up the beat as far as possible, which turned out to be a 100 yds short of the end, due to it being impossible to discern what route one could take to avoid trespassing.
I had spotted a couple of likely runs on my way upstream and so stopped and watched on my way back. My first spot had one fish rising, sadly, right on the far side of the main current.
 I decided to look elsewhere and return later.
Further down was a nice run with the odd fish taking flies with gusto.
I tried my favourite pattern but all I got was a look and refusal. After about half an hour of trying different flies, with no interest, I moved back to my first spot where the fish was still rising and I tied on a parachute adams, a fly I can see well at distance. The first cast that was drag free had the fly well taken, my first fish. I could not rise any more fish here so moved back to my previous spot and left the adams on. I hooked 3 fish in about 15 minutes, landing 2, and could not get any further interest or see any more rising fish so packed up just before 3pm.
An interesting day, 3 to the net, biggest 1.25lb.

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0.3m on the gauge so gin clear and plenary of access to the water. Much colder today and Sod’s law it was the day we decided to go. Good hatches in early after noon with a constant hatch of upswing flies, but only saw 3 fish rise all day.
Nice day though and saw 2 Pied Flycatchers!

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Cold and cloudy. River level very low . Tried wet flies and nymphs. Some good tugs but no trout caught. Beautiful beat and despite nothing much happening, I had a good day immersed in nature.

Good LDO hatch late afternoon for a couple of hours, lots of rising fish in the faster water.

2 in the morning on nymphs, the rest on dries during the hatch.

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