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At 8pm caught a fresh 12lb hen salmon at top end of Boat Pool. Saw several fish humping on the surface which I presume were running fish. At 8.30 as dusk was falling caught a 3-4lb Sea Trout below Boat Pool, top end of Willow Run. Both fish on small black and silver Flying C. Water dropped back to 4 inches on Lydbrook gauge but still with colour.

12 x trout 9-18 inches. First time for me on an interesting and unusual beat. You reach the river down cottage garden steps and find yourself on some hundreds of yards of concrete and timber walkway built immediately over salmon lies, mainly deep and fast-flowing water water. Feeding trout come up into some of this water; if you take one you have to kneel and reach down to net it. Be a little wary, because the river has been eating away at this structure over the years and some of the lower section is in bad repair. I had a clumsy fall when a piece of concrete moved under me and strained my wrist trying to save myself. Much of the big pool below can be waded, but it's also worth mentioning a need to watch out for barbed wire in the bank. This looked to be a good day, with lots of water coming down. Another rod and I had an interesting time puzzling out a slow-burning grannom hatch after lunch: 10-12 inch trout were quite keen to take spiders. That was ended by an intense shower of rain about 4 o'clock, but I'm glad I went back to the river afterwards as fish began to move again. Last cast of the day produced a "proper" wild Usk trout, a fat hen fish of 18 inches which took a Hare's Lug and Plover spider. A very enjoyable day, although the casting wrist is still aching!

Delightful beat but nothing moving or caught.

Nine trout and one grayling, best at 12". Stunningly lovely fish all of them. Good but short-lived hatch of olives at 2:30pm gave excellent sport on the dry. The brook is not far away from bursting into life!

Nil return.

4 rainbow trout caught, 1 on a toby (1.5lb), 3 on worm (2x1.5lb, 1x5.5lb) all good condition, fishing off the west bank. Good days fishing.

6 Brown Trout, all c.1llb. Two taken. 3 caught on dry CDC F fly. 3 on Snipe and Purple and Partridge and Orange spiders. A great day on a productive beat, followed by an excellent pint in The Bell.

Fine sunny clear morning with mirror surface water but no fish. Cloud increased late morning and a light breeze produced a ripple. Two rainbows of 1.5 to 2 lb on Cats Whisker then 3 rainbows of same size spinning with rappala. An adjacent fisherman caught a fine 5lb rainbow. A relaxing day in good weather and fine views of the Carmarthen Vans.

4 Rainbow, 3 worm, 1 spinner.

Some nibbles, but none landed unfortunately!