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A few knocks from suspected chub but no fish landed.

A hard days fishing with little sign of activity. One rainbow approx. 3lbs caught on intermediate line and black viva. Litter still a problem.

1 Trout

09:00 hrs colouring, 10lb hen on an Usk Bug from Dog Hole at Goodrich Court. I think Mick found a stone he hadn't seen before! Quite a day.

1 Salmon

Chub 4lbs 15ozs krill boilie/feeder grondbait, next swim upstream of the inspection cover. Chub 4lbs 2ozs.

2 Chub

Fished up stream pegs and I caught steady all day. Brilliant days fishing with 12 barbel and 8 chub. Nick fished just up from me and had 3 barbel out. Lee didn't turn up till 2 in the afternoon he had 2 chub. Defo coming back to this beat.

15 Barbel, 10 Chub

River really low and clear. No real hatch and the only fish rising were fingerings. None of the fish caught were greater than 6/7", but still an enjoyable day.
Thanks to all at W & U, and the fishery owner.

2 Trout, 13 Grayling

Morning was difficult with down stream/cross river wind that always seemed to blow as I was about to cast. Started by the hut, but no joy and no sign of fish rising. Headed down to the bottom of the beat by the bridge and had a 12" trout from there. Tried all the usual places on the way up river but only managed 15" Grayling from the pool down from the hut.
After a break for lunch again fished through the pool by the hut and nothing going. Repeated my steps from the morning and headed to the bottom of the beat. By now cloud had set in but luckily the wind had died down.
Fished differently this time and had more success. 2 Brown Trout (best 15", though skinny), 1 8" Grayling and a Salmon Parr enjoyed grabbing a skating fly in the fast water.
Nothing else until I again ended up in the pool below the hut. Have had nice fish from this run before, but wading is somewhat difficult with flat rocks that can be very slippery and the fast water makes seeing your feet difficult. Didn't see the fish take the fly, just heard it. Almighty splash and the line went tight. Took a good few minutes to get the fish to hand, a fat 18" Grayling. Wondered up back to the hut and thought I would give it one more chuck there as it is unusual to not catch from this pool. Nothing rising at all but managed to find one 8" Grayling who was looking skywards. All fish caught on various sizes of Parachute Adams. Two Salmon seen in the very top pool. Fantastic day out as always, thank you WUF!!
Note for WUF - booked two rods but second could not make it last minute so only 1 rod fished.

3 Trout, 4 Grayling, 1 Other

A very hard day. No fly = almost no rises. The wind probably didn't help fly emergence either. About half of the few fish caught were risers, the rest not. Nothing on nymph. Virtually all fish were taken on size 20 dark or pale HE emergers. Trout from 9-13" and grayling from 10-15". Sadly, the largest of the grayling had probably the most serious, likely FEB damage on both flanks, that we have seen. Hopefully he will repair. A plucky fellow for sure.
We also caught a lot of small 3-4" grayling which, it is to be hoped, is good news for future stocks. A lovely beat as always.
P.S. We would strongly recommend, if parking at the middle of the beat, and after fishing The Grandstand, to avoid attempting to walk up the old path alongside the river to access the upper part of the beat. The felling of the trees two years ago, and consequent absence of tree canopy, has let so much light in that bramble growth is rampant = serious trip and wader hazards! Instead, by-pass this by walking back to the car park and taking the track upstream instead. If the owner / river keeper don't do some strimming / spraying here soon, this will quickly become a very productive and very large bramble patch!! Tight lines.
(WUF: Noted)

8 Trout, 7 Grayling

Lovely stretch of the river. Fished the upper part all day catching on pellet and meat. We caught a barbel first cast and steadily until the sun came up over the hill, when the action died off. Picked up again late afternoon until dusk.
Barbel caught between 4lb and 8lb, chub to 4lb, all in perfect condition. Boat traffic fairly quiet and the majority were considerate.
All in all a great day and we shall be back soon.

10 Barbel, 6 Chub

Nice to be out again. Fast streamy water on the beat in the low flows didn't offer much in the way of holding for salmon but may do in higher water.
Following several flotilla of canoes I left the water after an armada of less-than-stable paddleboarders all fell in at the various ripples. Part and parcel at this time of year.
Perfect place to practice some casting.