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Not much fly life about, despite being the hottest day of the year so far. Only 1 fish seen. Took 2 on weighted PTN. Loads of kingfishers, also dippers, nuthatch and treecreepers seen.

2 Trout

Balmy spring day on a scenic stretch of the Usk. Bright sun and very clear water proved challenging but 2 nice fish of 11 & 13 inches from one of the long riffles on a beaded diawl bach. Very few olives trickled off during the day but no surface activity.

2 Trout

4 Trout

Glorious weather - 23 C - which we shared with 300 'Fun Riders', who were raising money for the local hunt and a number of canoeists. Everybody was extremely courteous and chatty! Large hatches of fly during the day, but nothing rising to them.
Apart from one 3 lbs chub, we did not see or touch a fish. There was a slight bit of colour in the water, which helped to mitigate the blazing sun to some extent. 2' 6" on the gauge. A lovely piece of water to fish - we all returned home with a nice tan!

1 Chub

5 trout caught and released over the course of the day on dry fly. A beautiful hot day with a trickle of surface activity, mainly olives, throughout the afternoon.

5 Trout

1 Trout

This was my first time at the Rectory beat. What a stunner it is too.... I stayed at the top and fished for both trout and salmon, and saw none of either.... There were lots of flies about and a few small parr rising but I hooked nothing bigger than a small grayling. I am looking forward to being here again and investigating further.

1 Grayling

An absolutely stunning spring day on this beautiful beat, started cold and misty but the sun soon came out and it was a glorious, cloudless and warm day from start to finish.
Had a mad ten minutes in Craig Llyn pool with a Wooly Bugger while it was cold and misty and hooked a big fish which came off! Then my friend and I walked the length of the beat, by the time we reached the downstream limit the mist had gone and we spotted a good shoal of chub in the slower water.
By mid morning a steady hatch started with a number of different insects came off throughout the day, I also found a huge stone fly sunning itself on a rock mid river, however we didn't see a single fish rise all morning along the whole beat.
I refused to resort to nymphing on such a day so was relieved to hear my friend had taken a very big grayling on a dry fly when I caught up with him.
After lunch we found one or two rising fish leaving only the smallest disturbance on the surface in the deeper pools, eventually I managed 3 o/o/s Grayling on dries which was really very enjoyable in such weather and in such beautiful surroundings.
A great day despite the lack of trout.

4 Grayling

Fishing started really quietly but soon picked up, it was a very hot day and the reservoir was like a pond, not ideal but it was a lovely day out.

X4 Rainbow trout were caught, although relatively small.

The pot holes on the road are horrendous, you could fit a bus down some of them! At least put some concrete in them.

4 Trout

Fished on this lovely beat between 2-6pm. Only saw two fish in the water (grayling). Very bright day so quite difficult with shadows. River flow was faster than anticipated. Used various small imitations on a 5/6 FL 7ft rod. I'm new to river fishing so didn't expect to catch but will do more reading/ research and return. Never seen so many red kites!