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Nil caught or seen.

Four of us went on the 13 Oct. The river was impossible to fish and that resulted in only one barbel came out in 8 hours.

One young brown trout - returned unharmed - caught on Heather fly.

After struggling on a rising river yesterday, we were relieved to find it dropping quite rapidly today, although still chocolate in colour. RB went for the static approach in a swim at the lower end of the beat and RW took a roving approach. RB had bites steadily throughout the day ending up with 6 barbel including two 8 pounders, and 2 chub. RW had to work hard for his fish, and caught 5 barbel to 6lb with 2 lost in two short bursts of action from different swims. All fish were caught on a mixture of boilies and halibut pellet.

Plenty of activity from the trout and we lost count of the number safely returned. No sign of any salmon but my companion did catch and return a 5lb sewin on the flying C. Lovely beat and plan to return in the spring for some good trout fishing.

Rod 1 - 5 Barbel 8.5 - 9.5lb and 2 Chub.
Rod 2 - nil.

One cock salmon 12lb approx, very red in Llanobery Pool. Caught on cone head temple dog orange and yellow. Released. 5 brown trout to 2.5lb all released. Many leaves. Very pretty beat, mostly good wading, good fly water.

A soul refreshing afternoon fishing a full upper Usk framed by autumn splendour. I don't think there is a more beautiful beat on the Usk.
Pulled a fish in the tail of Long Gutter before ML had a feisty 8lb coloured fish from same place, probably the same fish. Saw a couple running and as the light was fading I hooked an acrobatic fresh grilse in Popular Pool that inexplicably fell off after two cartwheeling jumps.
In common with the last two times I have fished this beat I left 2 rod rings lighter after clattering Spey casts through the over hanging branches. A bit of clearance would help enormously. Several of the prime spots; Long Gutter, tail of Windings, Vicarage and Popular pools, were almost unfishble.

Such a beautiful setting, but no fish today. It rained just as dusk was approaching and after that there was no fly life at all.

River high and running fast although colour not too bad. Difficulty holding bottom. Managed to catch 2 nice Chub, one of 5lb, Lost 2 other fish one of which felt quite big. Access road has a number of big potholes which need some remedial work.