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A 5lb grilse for Stephen Grimwood on a small double hook thunder and lightening

1 Salmon

A few hours in the morning; good flow and a very quiet feel to this beat, always in a tunnel of trees. Some good fish too - of the eight that actually made it to hand, four were in the 12-14" bracket, best nudging 1lb. Lost at least the same number.

8 Trout

Afternoon session following on from Pandy in the morning. A different feel to this beat - initially slightly more public (gardens, signs of dog walkers) but most of it on more open farmland. Just me and the cows. A lot of very promising water, some of it quite fast at the downstream end but wider and slower above the weir. More good wild stream fish in evidence - eight at 6-14" including the best fish of the day, definitely 1lb!

8 Trout, 1 Other

Bright day, river fairly quiet. A few rises around lunch time and more activity around 6pm under clouds of midges. Fished small dries. What a lovely beat!

3 Trout

River dropped over night and was much clearer. We caught throughout the day on a number of methods from several swims. Lovely beat although access to swims is a bit treacherous in wet conditions

16 Barbel, 1 Chub

Perfect conditions today, with the water ,the colour of a good brew ,before the milk and at a height of .75m after a 2 metre spate . It was worth coming all this way , even just for a few hours. With the knowledge that a few salmon had been seen , every cast was laden with expectation ; the take , was it that the bow in the line would stop moving downstream or start going upstream (strip in line quick ), a savage take ,or just , fish on ? Well , no take, that piece was missing , in fishing you don’t need all the pieces to complete the puzzle. I had a wonderful few hours in paradise and ...a bit of luck,I found my club hammer that I’d left on the bank before the spate.

The fishing wasn’t as good as I was hoping after the recent rain with only fish up to 13” coming to the net. A variety of up wings were coming of along with sedge but not in any great numbers and the rises were sporadic. A size 18 cdc pale watery worked well. Two open ( Canadian) canoeists came through and one of them got a bit confrontational when I asked if they had checked the red line on the webcam.

10 Trout

Fished afternoon & evening, using nymph. Water and weather looked very promising, with the river falling slowly after recent rain, but the fish didn't seem hungry. Nothing at all in the afternoon, and one brown trout of about 6oz in the evening. Nice day, though, and no Himalayan Balsam on this beat!

1 Trout

Fly box containing close to 100 flies found on the Usk just above Talybont. Please contact admin@fishingpassport.co.uk to be reunited if this is your property.

Much better conditions allowing for all methods to be used. We had a good day with fish feeding all day. One large eel about 4lb killed one swim but fish were moving throughout the beat. Parking good and day access made for a great day

16 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other