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My day at Usk reservoir was cold, wet and windy and a stark contrast to the previous sunny days. Having said that I always enjoy my time fishing here, a place where you can truly feel that you are out in the wilds, stunningly beautiful and this time I was lucky enough to see a Goss Hawk.
So just one very hard fighting overwintered trout on damsel fly and fast glass intermediate, and around a dozen perch which became quite annoying after a while.
The littering up there is becoming a real problem and I am sad to say this is mostly fishermen. I saw two groups of fishermen pack up and go leaving drinks cans, crisp packets, plastic bags and burning fires behind – Why do people think this is OK to do this? Welsh Water – you can enforce permits so start enforcing some litter regulations otherwise people will stop fishing here. Among the more interesting pieces of rubbish that I found was a high quality plastic container that I thought I could recycle and use as a bait container. However, after closer inspection I discovered it was an Urn from the crematorium. It beggars belief that following the scattering of someone’s remains into our drinking water, the container has been discarded on the bank. I have left it in the fishing hut.

WUF note: Many thanks for clearing up, it's a real shame that a few will spoil it for the many.

1 Trout, 12 Other

1 Trout

0 fish caught

Endeavoured to walk all this short beat from the bank, The upper section is a jungle of willow, Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam and only fishable by wading which would need lower water levels to attempt, I think. Good hatch of (probably) medium olives middle of the day and some large spinners in the air ( MB ? Book dun ?) Proximity to the A40 means this beat is noisy at the weekend as it is a favourite race track for the motor bikers. Will come back mid week on a drizzly day when water levels are lower !

1 Trout

2 Trout

No sign of salmon activity while it looked a perfect day. Only a trout on my cascade fly again.

1 Trout

Only my second visit to this beat but a river that needs respect. Wading stick a must as very deep pools. Mixed weather but didn't pour down and wind did make casting difficult for me. Water in shallows was gin clear so found deep pools the best fishing. Small hatches of LDO and fish were showing on top. Still need to practice in casting a dry and river suits the left handed angler. Had a few takes using weighted nymphs but too slow. Never mind a very interesting beat and lovely parking space.

Bright conditions with a blustery down stream wind. Only saw a couple of fish rising all day and fly life was sparse except for the odd grannom. Tried every tactic but the fish weren’t interested. Very nice beat which I’m sure in different conditions would yield good results.