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River running slightly high with some colour, but looking good... saw a fish move in Slaughter crib pool.
Hit into a shoal of Shad and IR took two fish on a size 10 Willie Gunn so changed to a bigger fly, LB took 3 shad before doing the same on an Allie's Shrimp in Botchers Rock pool. Hooked and lost a salmon in Biblin's Run, on a long tailed Willie Gunn size 8. River seemed to colour up even more in the afternoon. An enjoyable day on the river albeit with no fish...

5 Other

Very hard going all day. Little surface activity despite a bit of a hatch.

3 Trout

Very beautiful beat, nice fishing hut (especially in the rain), no fish.

The conditions for fishing were pleasant with a reasonable flow of clear water. I did see one fish moving upstream but apart from a tentative tug, probably from a trout, it was a quiet first day out for me.

First fly fishing experience on a major Welsh river, the Usk at Penpont. Safe parking on site and v close to fishing..
River, I'm told, was slightly up after some rain in recent days. Occasional rises only. Probably saw no more than half a dozen trout on the half mile of beat I tried to cover. Highlight was targeting and landing one wbt c. 3/4 lb, which fought very well, on Klink and cdc point fly. Aiming to find out more about the best beats on the Usk for larger populations of wbt.

1 Trout

2 Other

9 x trout 10-13 inches, Monnow Gosling, Mohican Mayfly. Actually a quieter river than I expected with no really big hatch of any kind this afternoon. However, the odd mayfly dun was on the water and the occasional trout was waiting in ambush. Having something visible to go at is most of the battle, particularly so on this beat.

9 Trout

Lovely days fishing, but sadly no Salmon caught. The river was perfect at this beat, albeit a bit low.
Very few trout rising. There was a small hatch of Olives and the odd Mayfly. My thoughts are that no Salmon are in this beat, even though there was a rise in river levels in the earlier part of the week. A sustained rise in water levels for at least a week is required. Dippers making their presence obvious on the river and even a Hare showed interest at my car.
Good day again Denis

37" hen fish on an Usk grub

1 Salmon