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River in lovely condition. No fish seen, however Nathan (the ghillie) mentioned a couple of fish that showed through the day.

Fished 8 till 5 p.m. Trallong gauge 0.26m, so getting low. Cool start at 12 degrees and then got to a fish-unfriendly 26 degrees by mid-afternoon. The water is now at 15 degrees so, as for the last ten days, there are insects on the river at last. Saw surprisingly few Olive Uprights, hardly any Yellow Mays and not much sign of fish feeding on gnats in any afternoon shade today, but plenty of Large Brook Duns. Once the sun appeared at about 10 a.m. there was a hatch of smallish olives which got fish rising until midday when, as the hatch ceased, so did the rises, apart from a few oncers here and there. Saw a few mayfly as well. Had eight fish from 10 -14"; the 14" fish were around 1.5lb, so well fed. Fish taken on LDB and dark olive Duck's Duns, and a couple on a size 12 HE parachute whilst fishing duo in the afternoon. Very hard and very spooky fishing, so quite pleased with the result on the day. Missed or jagged over half as many again as well - not good! Saw quite a few large spinners during the day so the evening may have held promise. Must go back soon and stay for the evening rise.

8 Trout

Very warm day with clear skies. Fish taken throughout the day did slow off considerably during the afternoon. Sporadic hatches which were short lived. Beautiful countryside. Most fish taken on bead heads.

8 Trout, 9 Grayling

4 Trout

Arrived mid morning to find plenty of fly life and fish rising, we couldn’t get our waders on quick enough! Then I had a very entertaining morning trying to tempt an obviously big trout which was rising frequently in the smooth water just above a riffle, it stubbornly refused my dry fly over and over and carried on munching all manor of aquatic fly life which drifted towards it...most frustrating. Finally I got the take I’d worked so hard for and promptly missed it, so I moved on.
I found another rising trout which was far easier to tempt but as I saw it turn it threw the hook...more frustration and possibly a swear word or two followed.
Before long I found myself back where I’d started and facing another round with the big trout which was by now happily sticking its head up and flicking its tail as it fed. This time I took a few deep breaths, tied on a lighter tippet, double checked my knots and got very carefully into position and made my cast. It was a good cast and as I watched the dry fly I’d tied myself float down stream up came the trout and took it, what followed was heart stopping stuff but eventually I got it into my net and I could breath again, a new PB WBT, I was very happy indeed, thank you WUF.

2 Trout

Dry fly and nymph used. River looked perfect but very little rising.

1 Trout

The weather was cloudy until about 10.30am and then sunny all day with a downstream breeze. No salmon seen.
Ghillie/guide was optimistic because the low water level suits this beat.

A group of canoes travelled downstream in the afternoon and complied with my request to pass behind me.

Sunny day, low water. Fly only. Trout small.

1 Trout

Quite a tough evening on the Usk. The trout started rising at about 8.30 but to what I couldn't work out. I threw everything in my box at consistent risers for over an hour, but all were refused.
Earlier in the evening I had 5 small trout on nymph and klinkhammer in the faster sections and lost a couple of other decent fish.

5 Trout

2 Trout