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Bright sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and the water was lovely and clear, reading 11C. Lots of olives coming off the water from mid-morning until late afternoon and a good March Brown hatch twenty minutes either side of noon, but no trout rising to them. Found one fish rising later in the afternoon and covered it with a CDC olive which it took and spat out, the feel of the hook obviously put it off and there were no more rises.
With all the fly life and balmy sunshine we were tempted to use dries for a while, but with nothing happening we switched to nymphs, going through plenty of colour, size and weight combinations. Two trout of around 9" and one about 5" resulted, all returned. Hard work, but neither of us are accomplished nymphers - I suspect someone who knows what they're doing with a czech nymphing rig would have done much better in the pocket water.
Lovely surroundings and the estate pub does very good bacon sandwiches.

3 Trout

Like yesterday, a very hot day. The river had dropped overnight so wading was a little more comfortable. I hooked a small fish on a Post Tosh tube fly on the Gabions after lunch but it was probably a small sea trout or brownie which was not on the hook for very long. I saw a similar sized fish jump clear of the water in the same spot shortly after. Other than that, I did not see a fish all day!

Small cock salmon on a Toby from Ross AC waters on Saturday evening. Fresh fish

1 Salmon

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