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Only 6hrs fishing but really good day, enjoyed. Feeder tactic used. Thanks WUF.

7 Barbel, 12 Chub

Tough day in bright sunshine , one Barbel landed - a rare double at 10.4 and three fat chub . bites didn't come as the sun went down , lovely beat with lots of new pegs trimmed out upstream but take a rope as the banks are steep.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

9 Barbel

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

Despite losing quite a few fish we still managed to catch a very good amount of barbel with the vast majority of the barbel going to my friend! I caught one on the float which is always a pleasure. A cracking day out!

17 Barbel, 6 Chub

No fish caught

2 x trout 15 inches and 16 inches, Parachute Adams and Williams Favourite. A couple of hours before lunch roaming around with a dry fly rod. As the river was very low and the sun bright this morning, I was more than happy with that brace. Generally the Usk is fishing better early and late now, but it's noticeable that while it is low it is still running very clean and clear - which compares well with the colour and algae troubling the Wye and Monnow etc

2 Trout

Very very low water

Well, braved the WUF beat of the Pinsley Brook , and a private stretch , strewth jungle tactics were required !!!!!! Turned up at two , there was a fair amount of activity , but in the usual hard to get too places , by small feisty brownies , splashy rises . . . .

With the overcast conditions , there appeared to be quite a few trout visible , was nice to see . I attempted a rusty klinkhammer in a couple of the spots you can get too !!!!!!! And bingo had a superb little fish on , a perfect brownie in miniature , quickly admired then released .

It was a case of looking at the areas were I've had fish from before , and moving very very cautiously , only had the one brownie from the WUF beat , this one is very tricky , and the fish was hard earned to say the least !!!!

I did work along the private stretch , had one beauty , which was a cracker for this sized Brook , possibly ten inches , maybe more . . . .

The other two fish were taken on an eighteen f fly , good confident takes , and enjoyable three hours and lovely to see such vast insect life around this miniature haven , will try here again one more time in a week or so , and then I think the vegetation will just make it pretty dam impossible !!!!

Three well earned brownies caught and released , the usual stamp for two of the fish , at about seven inches , and the one cracker , great fun as always . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 Trout