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It tried really hard to be a nice day but a gusting cold north westerley diluted the affects of sunny spells.
A brief calm period at lunch time saw a steady hatch but no fish expressed any interest. Nymphing was equally unproductive. A fiesty 8 inch WBT was the sole outcome of the day. Not much to show for a 400 mile round trip
Thanks Alison for excellent service as usual. Cracking pint of Wye Valley at the Bell.

1 Trout

No Salmon. Hooked a good sized pike, which seemed to be followed by it's mate, a much larger I assume female fish, with me attached to the smaller male.
Looking at the catch reports this is the second time someone has caught a 30lb Salmon from the beat the day after I have fished! A trifle annoying and sets the mind wondering if it was there when I fished!! For sanity I like to believe it arrived in the beat following my fishing!

2 Trout

Nil.

1 x 3lb trout.

1 Trout

Lost 4 fish, lots of trout showing.

1 Trout

No salmon seen.

2 brown trout returned, 1 rainbow taken. All on worm.

3 Trout

Good conditions, with the water slowly falling to more desirable levels, lovely surroundings and excellent weather overhead. Used a variety of spinners - mainly Flying-C and Toby - during the course of the day. No clear takes, but Don M-W claims to have seen 'something' following my lure at one point! Extremely enjoyable day and, as a rookie salmon angler, using spinning tackle for the first time in his (long) life, I appreciated Don's advice and support! Hope to return another day.....
Thanks to all.

Our trip to the Ashford House stretch on the Usk last Thursday (April 18th) was a mixed bag. A strong cold wind with rain and hail showers did not prevent some brief hatches of olives in the middle of the day but we were unable to translate that into fish in the net. Nevertheless, when the sun came out it was a joy to be on the river bank shaking off the winter cobwebs and observing nature 'getting going' for 2013 (lots of lambs, two kingfishers). We saw a few trout rising, particularly at the top end near the bridge where access is difficult and disturbed two goosanders there (does this need to be reported elsewhere?). We both hope to return to the river when Spring has got into its stride. Thanks to the WUF for allowing us access to such a beautiful part of the world.