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8 Trout to 11". River was low and clear and not much flow. Fished upstream of the road bridge. A few mayfly about but not many rises, caught 4 on a klinkhammer and 4 on a small black bead head nymph.

8 Trout

Nothing caught.

6 Trout

Fish caught on emerger patterns A few mayfly about, but fish not rising to them

4 Trout

First time on the Usk, river appeared VERY low for the time of year. Fished from 5pm to 9pm, saw some massive trout in the pools and flats which were very slow moving and crystal clear, fish were extremely wary. Spooked loads of fish wading even in ultra stealth mode. Loads of flies hatching mayfly, olives and others I couldn't identify. Missed a couple of takes on a para Adams dry fly early on but fish seemed to be taking nymphs just below the surface. Got my reward for some hard work late on with a 12 inch wild brown trout then lost one about the same size fishing an unweighted nymph just sub surface. Big fish were ultra wary and spooked very easily, probably due to low later conditions. Observed several very big wild brown trout sitting in really shallow water. Will return, lovely beat.

1 Trout

A lovely stretch of water. Fished beats 3 and 4. Hooked one salmon but lost it around 10ft from getting it to hand. Lost count of the number of salmon that I did see jumping. Will definitely be returning.
When I arrived a working party was just about to start work on the river. Stayed well away from me and gave plenty of advice on the best fish holding spots.

Trout from 6-10 inches all on dry mayflies. Water very low and fish very spooky. Great clearance at upper end of beat.

8 Trout

4 fish taken between us on a warm overcast day, all were returned and several other takes missed. Plenty of insect life hatching off through the day but not many fish showing. Trying to present a fly to the few that were showing was a challenge despite relatively low levels. We caught on dries and nymphs, the latter proving more successful overall.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Leaving London by car on a Bank Holiday weekend proved to be a disaster with much of the day spent in gridlocked traffic on the M25 and M4. We eventually arrived just after 5.30pm and had about an hour and a half to spare. Pleasant looking beat, gorgeous looking farm house. I have never had much success in the evenings on any river (in the period after the sun goes down behind the hills) so I was a little anxious... heightened by an almost complete absence of any surface feeding activity other than a sporadic rise or two, which never seemed to achieve any enthusiastic consistency. There were one or two mayfly about but they were ignored and allowed to drift and lift off gracefully from the water. Two fish hooked: one 'intentionally' on a nymph and the other 'unintentionally' when the fish took a dry at the end of the drift, when it was skating across the current just as I commenced my forward cast - but both were lost. I'll catch the train next year!

4 Trout