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I fished with my 12 year old son. We are new to river fishing and it was our first time on the Usk. Fishing was difficult as it was a very bright and hot day and the water was very low. We didn't catch any fish but did have a very enjoyable day on a lovely stretch of water.

1 x trout 10 inches, sundry baby chub at the surface, Parachute Adams. A hot and sultry evening, the Monnow still with that thick brown stain and - what rather spoiled the visit for me - a party of trespassing canoeists on their way down through the beat towards Monmouth just after I started. They refused to leave the river and splashed their way through every pool.

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Far too sunny really to fish as absolutely no cloud cover. A few fish rising and I caught a 10" trout on a black gnat. Tried a few other dry flies but with no luck.
Oh, quite annoying that there were women swimming and making a hell of a noise the whole time I was there and walkers letting their dogs swim in the lake too.

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Back to this beat again - had been unable to book the one I wanted and this is closest to home. Evening fishing but still very hot and bright when I started at 6. Nothing rising till 8:30, no luck with nymphs, which probably says more about me than the trout. Fish were rising pretty well at 9:00 and at 9:30pm I finally caught a cracking 14" fish on a mayfly emerger.

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River low all caught on feeder and pellets

7 Barbel, 5 Chub

Lovely day but I failed to catch a thing!

5 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 Trout, 1 Other

Was a real gamble heading down to this miniature haven in this heat . . . . Strewth bright sun , not a wisp of a breeze , must be mad !!!!!!

Bowled up at one , and fished till half three , initially tackled up with an eighteen Adams and having now got a really good knowledge on the WUF beat , and a private stretch , I targeted these locations I knew were successful before . . . .

First little fish was from the top beat , nice little fish , took the parachute Adams with confidence , after I watched the water for a while , a rise was very very close in to the marginal vegetation , and there's plenty of that here !!!!!!! Quickly admired , little fish of perhaps six inches , and away , back into his pool . . . .

Not much at the usual haunts on the Pinsley , but wow the bank side vegetation has gone nuts !!!! And it's only June . . . My next fish , again took the Adams , on a private stretch , close under some overhanging Alder . . . . The rises from him were fairly aggressive ,probably terrestrial insects from the trees, but he was downstream of me . I cast short of him , leaving a bit of a snake in the two weight line , watching as it got close to where he had been risisng , and wallop !!!!! Nice fish on , lovely markings , possibly ten inches , again quickly admired then back in . Was always a bit of pot luck fishing dries in this weather , but in those shadowy corners , there were two fish risisng , and two too the net which was great , fun sport , and a great few days on the Wild Stream beats , shall give some of them a bash next week , work does get in the way hey !!!!!!

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