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Very difficult conditions on arrival at this beat. Very strong easterly winds with bright sunlight great!!!
But we did manage to get two wbt approx 2lb which was a surprise. Both on weighted nymphs.

2 Trout

My third time at this venue and it's just as nice in winter as in summer. Plan was to fish for Barbel and Chub while stopping to drop deadbaits into any pikey looking slacks on my way up and down the river but leaving my deadbaits in the freezer stopped that idea. In the end the Barbel eluded me but I had five great condition Chub with the biggest weighing 4lb exactly and another at 3 1/2 pounds. All fish were taken on ocean pride squabs with hemp and pellet in the feeder, with two caught using a centrepin.
I also removed another angler's litter, a squashed hemp tin by the river in the bottom field.

5 Chub

Water still a little high for fly fishing at 2'5" on the Fownhope gauge, although water clarity was fine. Met Mick the gillie who has carried out some great work on the beat during the close season and he offered some very helpful advice. In the morning JC had a good salmon follow his lure right in to the bank in The V. In the early afternoon CJ hooked a good fish in the neck of the Windmill, only for it to throw the single hook flying C at the net. A strong bright silver fish estimated to be mid teens. No fish landed but a promising start to the season on a glorious spring day.

Lovely spring day, clear skies and sunshine with a blustery downstream wind. hatch of LDOs but nothing rose to them. One fish hooked and lost by Kris, but that was the only fish action of the day. Water low and clear and very varied on a long beat. A very beautiful stretch of the usk.

No fish caught but 2 bites on spinner. It's too early for spinner.

Found it hard to find the lower beats, spent most of the morning exploring various housing and industrial estates, when asking for directions I could not associate the welsh names spoken with the map supplied (probably because I'm English) either that or came across a railway line barring me from the river. In the end I drove to the Pontsticill reservoir and found a MAA sign. Fished upstream to the wier but saw no fish.

Cold and windy day, fished in the bay from 7-10am, one bite, no fish. Moved to the boat slipway but very cold and windy, no fish. By 11am I had had enough. Going to wait until it gets a bit warmer I think.

A slow day with only 2 chub on pellet feeder.

2 Chub

We fished Saturday and Sunday at Whitney, Saturday beat 2 and 4, Sunday beat 6. The river was low and clear making fishing difficult, the strong blustery wind made it hard to control a float. The chub were tucked away under trees and could not be tempted out by maggot and float. All fish were caught right under cover on meat and cheese paste. The one small grayling came to maggot.
Met Terry the Bailiff who was very helpful.

1 Grayling, 7 Chub

Water temperature still too low, despite sun on part of the beat and an air temp of 11degC.