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late report fish 12lb caught on a home tied fly

1 Salmon

nothing caught.

All on the dry best just under 2lb. and returned safely. A nice spot to spend the afternoon.

8 Trout

We fished method mix with hemp and sweetcorn and corn hookbait. Two carp of five and seven pounds were landed plus roach and a surprising perch on sweetcorn. Water, as previously mentioned, was very coloured and shallow.

4 Other

River in nice condition having cleared after rain in the preceding week. Colder than forecast with stiff breeze / wind - limited insect activity but some fish rising. Missed several takes and eventually landed small 6" trout and hooked another, both on nymph below a generic upwing dry pattern dropper.

1 Trout

Excellent beat with good wading and trout rising to abundant fly hatches. Should have had many more fish but the group of anglers was inexperienced. The fish were returned and neither caught or lost anything over half a pound.

2 Trout

Following yesterday's marathon, managed a couple of hours only in the morning to no great effect other than to enjoy the Usk valley.

1 Trout

Day 2 of 4 on our trip. Brother in Law fished Escley brook in next valley over in England whilst I gave two Welsh Honddu back-to-back beats a go. Lower Henllan and Maes y Beran were fished and I caught nothing until 2.30pm and then the temperature came up a degree and the fish came up. 17 fish caught on various dry. Three or four were a decent 14". Very sporadic hatch. I parked at Maes y Beran and was directed to much better nearby parking by the lady of the farm who stopped for a chat. Bizarrely I met her again at the end of the day and she was very happy to hear of my haul. NB: There is camping sites riverside on both beats and I would imagine it gets very busy in the summer months.

17 Trout

See feedback for Lower Henllan.

Interested to see how one of my favourite beats has been reconfigured. Beat 4 now comprises half of the old lower beat and half of the old middle beat. Parked in the pull in next to the old mill which is situated in the middle of the beat. Then walked down to the lower limit and fished up, past my car and on to the upper limit. It actually makes a good beat with plenty of decent pools and a full day's fishing. Not as prolific as previous visits, just 3 chubby wbt of around 10". My fishing didn't do the new layout justice. We all have "those" days I guess!!

3 Trout