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8 Trout

Fabulous trout river but conditions (very bright and sunny; river low and running gin clear) were against me today. I found some risers later in the day but these fish are not easily fooled. I didn't put any fish down but I just could not get the right presentation and the merest hint of drag meant the fish would not come up to my dry fly. Might try fishing downstream spiders next time.

Spent a nice 3 hours fishing this lovely stretch, saw one fish rise but nothing caught.

nil return

Typical Usk fishing - challenging. Fished from lower beat limit up as far as barracks. Others have posted re the slippery algae on rocks in the river on other beats - present here too, does not make for easy wading! Sporadic and short hatches throughout the day which petered out as soon as they started. James had 3 to 10" , I lost 3 including a clonker. All on dries. Cant remember the last time I blanked. Lovely countryside, bluebells out in the woods and what a picturesque beat up around the waterfalls.

3 Trout

fished from foot bridge to mill. This stretch has few good holding pools and much of the water is quite thin. I did see two fish but no rises

Good day fishing.

6 Trout

Two trout caught on worm with popup.

2 Trout

Fished from 11.30am to 5pm nice sunny day, occasional rises to small flies. Started off with a dry. Rewarded with a big grayling of 15" and trout to 10". Later changed to duo and caught on both. Great day!

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

At last this stream has come to life, lovely day though still a cool breeze. River flowing well and crystal clear, not a huge hatch but enough to get the trout interested. Caught 1 in the morning on a gold bead hares ear, then after lunch 6 more, with several missed, on a small para adams. Trout still in the pools or the fast water at the head, not yet in the runs or shallower stretches. Great fun nevertheless.

7 Trout