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River clear and low, didn't see a fish all day.

A stunning day to be on the river. 4 fish caught all taken on a rusty coloured klinkhammer. Stalked on fish for nearly and hour who was constantly sipping off the surface. After several drifts and several fly changes finally hooked up only to see it bolt down stream and take me right down to the backing, 5mins later was drawing him over the net only for the hook to pull out about 2 feet short of the net!!! I reckon he was pushing 4lb or so.

4 Trout

Fished for a few hours on Sunday morning from about 8am to midday. Quite a cold morning and the river was still carrying a good amount of water. It was a tough session - things only got going with a decent olive hatch from 11am onwards when the sun came out. 4 wild browns and a few others lost on klinkhammer & nymph, nothing over 8".

4 Trout

Easy access, easy wading on this delightful little stream. Despite being only half a mile long it contains around 10 decent pools giving you plenty of opportunity for a 2 to 3 hour fish.
Managed 6 wbt on Adams and Olive patterns. 4 over 10", best 14". All returned. I was surprised by the number of large trout in this innocent looking stream.
This was a wonderful finale to a 4-day fishing break. So much variety in the available beats. Nymphing the deeper pools of the Usk to delicate presentation on the wild streams. Wonderful!
A big thank you as always WUF.

6 Trout

No salmon, river in good condition 4 trout on Dee Sheep Bottle tube? Another tree fallen on path up to Edw pool making access very difficult.

4 Trout

Great couple of hours on this fine stream. Heavy hatch on most of the 3 hours I spent fishing. 6 WBT from 6 inches to 12 inches. Will return.

6 Trout

Only three carp crashed on the surface all day (tight to the unfishable opposite bank), and only two other carp seen cruising around just below the surface. No bites or any feeding activity seen, despite warm day and perfect viewing conditions. There appears to be very few carp in this shallow lake, and not being able to fish one whole bank is a big disadvantage. Nice place to spend a day though.

I felt like a beginner on this piece of water. Basically 1.5 miles of tumbling, broken water. I need some lessons before tackling this one again. The pools were small and the water fast. Beautiful and remote valley. Beautiful stream. Will be back after taking some advice! Watch out for tree stump hidden in undergrowth at parking.

We were blessed with fine weather and a falling river. Almost every fly within season were seen, LDOs, March Brown, Hawthorn and clouds of Gnats. All fell to Olive F fly, best a fat 18" brown which took exception to being hooked and the net. A good water with a good mix of features, access to the left bank fishing needs commitment. A feature of the beat less attractive to the fly fisher is the public nature and easy access to all, a dog walker with Olympic standard labs could easily reach a ball thrown to mid stream in a single bound and as the temperature rose the local swimming pool lost out to the Usk, but it did however gain litter and baby wipes.

20 Trout

SM & PH tempted 9 WBT using PTN fished deep. When fish started rising, spiders and CDC emergers proved successful. River coloured from heavy rain a few days prior and running fast. Access is difficult along much of this beat and quite hazardous in some areas.

9 Trout