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3 Trout

One of my favourite all time Usk beats.

14 Trout

Tricky gusty winds at times but a lovely day out with plenty of fish obliging but more lost than landed unfortunately. All fish caught on nymphs with the highlight of the day being a cracking fish of around 2lb which put up a great scrap in the current on light tackle.

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

River low. Fish very spooky. 3 small bt on dry fly. Challenging access. Dosn’t look like it’s fished often. Couldn’t get to angling centre area as the gate was padlocked and I did not have the combination code

3 Trout

On and off kind of day weather wise with a persistent strong wind for most of it! Good numbers of mayfly for most of the afternoon, water still very low and clear made for some challenging fishing, yet to see a coloured river this season! All fish caught on a Procter mayfly CDC.

3 Trout

5 trout, returned 1 as small

5 Trout

Cloudy day with sunny intervals, variable downstream wind that was very strong at times.

Had a slight accident while walking to my preferred staring spot twisting my ankle, I wasn't as mobile as I am usually so didn't fish much of the beat.

Both fish taken on a PTN

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

1 Trout

This is such a lovely beat. We had a great day, even if we only caught two trout between us. We arrived around 2pm and the afternoon was very quiet on the water, though one fish was caught below Blockhouse. There was strong wind for most of the day but luckily with this beat, most of the spots we wanted to focus on had good protection. From 7pm though the evening rise really picked up. In particular, at the top of Beech pool, the regular risers were interrupted by a very big fish (about 3.5lb or more) rocketing about 4 feet into the air and crashing back down. We threw everything at it but no dice. I now think I should have stripped a streamer past his nose instead of a range of delicate dries. Much effort was expended at the risers at Ashford bend but we had less success than in previous visits at that spot. Just one pounder. There was a bit of everything in the evening fly life- principally olive spinners, quite a few sedge with a sprinkling of the odd mayfly and others. So ends a three day group trip to the Usk Valley courtesy of WUF. Those who had not been before could not believe the quality of the fishing as well as the stunning countryside at such a reasonable price. Thank you WUF!

2 Trout

4 Other