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Fished Abercynrig on Monday and returned for an afternoon on the Dinas beat. Was sunny with a mild upstream breeze. Approach taken today was targeting the odd rising trout on a dry fly (Adams) . 1 Trout caught and released. Many missed - need to sharpen my hooks !

1 Trout

Good rise of fish in Mill Race at midday. One grayling.
Four smallish trout later in wet fly.
All fish returned.
Bright and sunny.
River low and clear.

4 Trout, 1 Grayling

Was hoping for a hatch today given the warm weather during the day but last nights frost took care of that ! Water was very cold and running at low levels ... didn’t see a single rise. Tungsten head nymphs fished in the deeper pools on a longer leader worked for a few grayling but no trout showed up. Gorgeous day and wonderful to be out fishing !

3 Grayling

3 Trout

Sunny and warm day with the temperature hitting 15C and a pleasant upstream cool breeze.
A decent hatch of March Browns from midday to 1pm plus a few olives and the odd MB hatching in the afternoon.
Fish were mostly feeding on emergers.
Saw a mink on the opposite bank and a mother duck protesting trying to keep her ducklins safe.
We cast at some very picky fish that rejected our offerings and we had a few fish the biggest one hitting to 2 lb mark.
All fish were caught on dries and were in excellent condition.
A most memorable day!

5 Trout

2 Trout

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.

12 Trout

1 Trout

4 Trout

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.

3 Trout