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A very steep learning curve for us today as the water was very cold and much, much, higher than normal after the snow melt. We used 6oz cage feeders plus additional lead and still could not hold bottom even close in. The current seemed to take great delight in snagging our gear in the bank side vegetation, which you could not see. This is one of my favourite Wye & Usk Beats, but note to self, avoid booking 'straight beats' in March.

No bite at all been there for 6 hrs and didn't get a single fish, been to Usk a lot last year and today and the past 3 visits we have come back home with nothing, I hear the balifs have said Usk hasn't been stocked up yet ! Very disappointed but will return when it's warmer

Hereford Bridge EA station went from 1.5m Saturday morning to 3.1m by Saturday midnight. Heavily coloured. Unfishable.

We came. We fished. We blanked.

River high water temperature up a degree from yesterday to 6c. Over the hill too slippery. Fished the last 2 pegs. RI had 4 Barbel with in 2hr and lost 2 them nothing until one late afternoon. All on maggots. MK only one bit. Off to The Creel tomorrow.

5 Barbel

The river dropped to 0.7m on the gauge and while the beats lower down were still covered, Dinas was carrying just a tinge of colour. The water was pretty cold as you'd expect but we managed a couple of fish on spiders in the morning. There was a very paltry LDO hatch which brought a few trout up and we managed another couple on CDC Duns, but the hatch never really got into full swing. As we were about to leave at 3pm the heavens opened and there was a sudden and short flurry of March Browns with some nice fish taking them. We ended with 7 trout mostly around the pound mark with a couple going 1.25lbs.

7 Trout

A rare winter trip to Wye, 4 barbel caught including my first wye double at exactly 10lbs. Enjoyable day, looking forward to returning in July.

4 Barbel

River really high, water very cold, sat it out in the top swims of Legg meadow for an 8hr blank. Lovely place to fish, will be back in the summer.

Our first visit to Sugwas Court but unfortunately a combination of recent heavy rains and the snow melt saw us faced with a river that was very high and tanking through. This made swim selection very difficult so we eventually settled in where we found some slack in the lower part of the beat. The entrance to the top part of the beat by the orchard was impassable being very muddy with several large puddles so we did not attempt it. Neither of us caught but but were kept entertained by the kites above and a poor chap who got his 4x4 stuck in the mud in the opposite field, finally rescued after several attempts by his mate. We thought this was a lovely beat and will try again hopefully when the conditions are a little more favourable.

Very high and coloured, snow melt contributed to a hard day. Just a small eel caught under my feet but otherwise biteless. Did see a couple of chub rise as we were leaving but nothing taking.

1 Other

A hard days fishing as expected with snow melt still working its way through the system. The river was very high, coloured, and dropping fast. We found some slacks to fish and had just one bite between us, resulting in one barbel of around 4lb.

1 Barbel