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None caught,river in good condition. Very warm and bright daymay have sent the fish moody. Two cormorants sighted which maybe didnt help.

Enjoyable day, parking slightly tricky due tight village situation and the access road impassable (to me) being churned up by logging lorries. No salmon caught but instead two trout about the same size as the no. 3 Mepps that I was using, both returned. Only mild annoyance was two canoeists who looked pretty sheepish and cleared off as soon as they saw me I'm pleased to say.

9 Barbel, 4 chub all caught an pellets. Biggest barbel 9lb 8ozs, biggest chub 4lb 4ozs.

Decent fish lost in upper Mill 8pm' ish.

Beautiful warm evening, Patchy rise, we had 3 fish, 1/2lb to 1 1/4lbs around 7.45 pm. River remains surprisingly coloured.

I really like this beat because it includes one mile of the Crai but also because of the beauty of the place. That said I have had very little success on the main river but always have done well on the tributary. Today was no exception,arrived at 8.30am and worked my way up both beats without seeing a fish and having no luck with nymphs, arriving at the last pool on the Crai around 1.00pm
I found some rising fish and took 3 trout 8", 10" and 12",all on a no.14 Silver Sedge. I returned to the beginning of the Usk beat and in the first long pool saw what I thought was a line of rising fish. As I prepared to take a pop at them a Loch Ness like shape rose out of the water and looked at me.....a large Otter !!!! This may explain the lack of visible fish. A tricky beat to fish both for the wading and the trees, some selective coppicing at the tails of most pools would help. Thanks WUF you do a great job!

17 Barbel 7 Chub on pellet. Main of the catch from the top end of the weir garden. Lost a lot of tackle.

Fished from 9.30am until dusk, one trout under five inches in length. Very little in the way of movement in or on top of water. Banks are very high, also overgrown. Steps down from carpark need to be trimmed. Water is deep and not very good access from bank. Seems to be set up for spining for salmon.

Continuous sunshine kept most fish down. River is in fine order, slight peat stain with strong flow. Caught six grayling to 1lb and 1 trout same size, all on Red Sedge. What a peacful spot with just the odd chugging train. More activity when the sun dropped but, alas, could only stay till 5pm. I have fished this stretch for several years. Plenty of grayling. Unfortunately the farmer has fenced the first 200 yards so close to the bankside vegetaion that there is no easy passage and some excellent pools and runs are inaccessible. There is planty of water to keep you busy beyond. Carrying a folding pruning saw would be helpful though. The people at the hotel very helpful.

Nil Return.