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Weather much cooler than previously (10 C) and water temp 9C. Dry, cloudy, sunny spells. A steady hatch of olives from noon till around 3pm. A few grayling rising at bottom end of beat. Had 2 on dry parachute olive - 1lb 5oz and 1lb 4oz. Also 4 OOS trout, heaviest 2lb 8oz in Craig Llyn pool on dry fly. All fish returned.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

I went back to this beat after fishing there on Sunday to try and find the end of my rod that I lost! Could not believe my luck when I found the olive tip section in the ferns along the bank.
The River was lower than Sunday and clear. Thought I would fish a couple of pools before returning to Sussex and again to my suprise caught a hen Salmon in the tail end of the flow on pool 5.
She was about 30" long, about 8lb and looking at the beautiful colours been in the river a few weeks. She was released and swam away. This is a great stretch of river to fish and will come back next year.
Thanks to the Wye and Usk staff who had mentioned my missing rod section to other anglers on the beat. Still can't believe it !

1 Salmon

The river had dropped by a few inches from our previous visit two days earlier. Best barbel was 8lbs 13ozs and the biggest chub was 4lbs 6ozs. Fish were caught on pellet.

13 Barbel, 4 Chub

Another lovely day, but fishing hard work with flow and colour dropping.

9 Barbel, 4 Chub

Initially slow but very good for last few hours. Barbel 7lb 13oz, 9lb 6oz, 9lb 10oz and 10lb 5oz.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub

During an afternoon chat with a bailiff it appears the fishing was generally poor that day.
The weather was overcast with very little wind on the water surface but remained dry during the period in which I fished.
Fish caught were all rainbow trout of approx 2lb+ and were caught by ledgering with a floating worm.

6 Trout

Nice clean 13 1/2 lb hen taken on size 10 silver bodied Ally's (returned). River Usk in very good condition.

1 Salmon

Managed to catch and safely return a 12 lbs hen fish today. Fish took an old Usk fly called "The Reverend Mole". River in fine condition and should fish for the next few days.

1 Salmon

River falling .75 at Redbrook, didnt anticipate the amount of colour, vis wasnt great. Not much moving but caught & returned 2 lovely sea trout largest about a pound (thought I was into something larger!!!!). Great day thank you W & U for all your help over the season.

2 Sea Trout

Arrived at about 11 and the angler already fishing had caught 1 barbel and lost another. The river had cleared a bit since Tuesday. Fished with pellet and meat for a couple of hours with hardly a twitch so switched to maggot feeder and the bites started coming. Finished with 5 chub 1 trout and a dace. A nice stretch to fish with nicely mown walkways. Thanks wuf.

1 Trout, 5 Chub, 1 Other