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Chilly nw breeze. Watery sun. Little fly life in evidence. Fish took small use nailer fished near surface. Best brown about 2lb

7 Trout

Lovely location. Bigger lake than expected and deeper the further you walk. Fished at the far end by the big trees. Caught a few nice roach 3 eels and a bream about 3lb. Lovely day spent in a nice location

9 Other

we fished spiders down, nymphs and dry flies up and apart from a couple of rises the fish were never in much danger of being caught.

Booked online to fish on Usk reservoir, saves using coin machine on site though £2.50 booking fee, is it really necessary. Plenty of parking close to water and good access for fishing. Landed 2 rainbows in the morning and 2 early afternoon 3 on ledgered worm and one on a spinner.Enjoyed and the day will go back again before the coarse season starts and resume contest with the Wye barbel.

4 Trout

4 Trout

4 Trout

Very low and clear, cold downstream wind, sun. No hatches, saw no fish rise on beat.

Very low and clear, cold downstream wind, sun. No hatches, saw 2 fish rise, caught 1 on nymph duo in pool, the other on nymph in deeper faster water.

2 Trout

Holidaying in Wales for the week, took advantage of the passport scheme to have two days river fishing . Day one the Ty Mawr beat probably the closest to where I was staying on a very bright and breezy day. The water is extremely clear and was quite low, or is this it's natural level? I started French nymphing but struggled in the wind so changed the long leader to a fly line and tried standard up stream nymphing. The beat is very open so I still struggled in the wind. I spoke to the farmer as I first approached the river, he said he sees fish bow waving through the fords in the early mornings. I saw no fish throughout the day, I rather suspect they saw me first. I'm a beginner at river fishing, the open nature of the beat means on the whole casting would have been easy but for the wind, but the extreme clarity of the water makes the fishing hard. More experienced fisherman might fair better.