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Last fished this beat for coarse fish several years ago, the banks were quite steep then but I was delighted to see how much work has been done.. Steps at the best pools lead to easy wading over smooth gravel. My companion started with fly on Little Run and had a 12lb fish on a Dee monkey.. I started with single hook FC on deeper pools.to no avail. After lunch I changed to fly and hooked good fish again in Little Run. After several minutes the hook pulled. Nathan was both helpful and knowledgeable and is not afraid of hard work judging by the improvements to the access. "A work in progress" is how he describes it

1 Salmon

Fly.

Started at 1pm and had four enjoyable hours at the Rectory. Little surface activity but a few fish rising in the flats. Most of the fish came to nymph in the fast water, the largest (15") going airborne before I even knew it was hooked! Some of the trout were quite lean but all put up a good fight. Lots of salmon smolts caught, all of which were unhooked and released swiftly without being handled.

14 Trout

4 Trout

Cold easterly wind limited trout activity. A few rising from time to time, but not consistently. Lots of insect life.
Tried wets and dry flies to tempt them, but only 1 missed take all day between the 3 of us. Just couldn't find the right fly.

Fished 9am to 2pm. Good fly life with fish rising early. Caught 5 trout up to 15in on dry fly. Activity cooled after about 12 noon. Good day.

5 Trout

Warmer weather and lots of fish rising to a LDO hatch when I got to the beat at 11am. Fish mainly rising in the calmer stretches and with the water so clear were difficult to fool. All fish were caught within a 2 hour period, one of 2 pounds on an elk hair caddis and the others on a brown klink. My first time on the beat, I think from previous comments the river must have been low as I could pretty much wade the whole stretch. All fish came from the faster water.

4 Trout

Found some rising fish today. Olives were hatching and after several presentations of my dry imitation were ignored, I switched to an Olive emerger pattern which I'm pleased to report resulted in a hard fighting pristine 15 incher.
I've seen several comments about the condition of the river and whilst it is true to say there is a fair amount of rubbish this should not detract from what is an absolute gem of a trout river with just about every type of feature you could imagine suggesting a myriad of different tactics and approaches. And that this river, once an environmental disaster and now a fully restored ecosystem is nothing short of remarkable. I shall be putting thoughts of the Usk aside from now on.

1 Trout

Caught 1 trout of about 10" in a parachute adams. Nice day to be on the water.

1 Trout

1 brown trout about 12" on dry fly - fish returned. water in good condition but no large fly hatch.

1 Trout