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Marvellous day on a long beat which is difficult to cover in one day. We went downstream to the small road bridge where it is one bank only fishing. Soon the Grannom were hatching and the fish rising. After a few near misses I tempted a 2 1/2lb to a perkins shuttlecock olive (bought a couple of hours earlier at Fishtec). My son had a small trout on a nymph and I managed a half pounder later in the afternoon. This like all usk beats is challenging but well worth the effort if only to catch one lunker.

7 x little brownies, 6-8 inches, on Klinkhammer - which is less than average for this brook, but the water is now very, very low. Plus what we think is a salmon smolt, which is extremely encouraging.

15 fish in total caught, 5 of which were graying. No fish were taken. Water very low (like mid summer really) but great sport.

1 x Brown Trout 1 x 6" 1 x4". None taken.

Nil. A few takes but little movement.

2 x trout 6-8 inches on Klinkhammers. Tough fishing, but maybe it was a bit early. I missed a couple of others, but nothing of size. The sight of a red kite constantly wheeling above the beat added to the pleasure of the morning.

1 rod hooked and lost 2 fish and raised 4 other, no fish caught. 2nd rod raised 5 fish. The Edw was low and clear. The water was 50F. There were a few fish rising and there was a sparse hatch of LDOs and Grannom, with a few Olive Uprights(?)

Our, (Sue, my wife and I), first go at small river / stream fishing. We had the expertise of the excellent Paul Reddish to guide us and show us the commando techniques required for this marvellous fishing. Despite a good number of takes, no fish were caught, however that wasn't essential on this occasion. Fantastic way to spend the day, we'll be back.

No fish caught. A difficult stretch of water for fishing. At first we thought there were no fish but closer observation revealed very shy fish easily spooked. A really challenging fishery in beautiful setting.

Lovely overcast and warm day but river very low after all this dry weather. Trickle hatch of grannom together with a few upwinged flies. Some fish rising in the slower pools during the afternoon, but proved impossible to tempt on dry flies. Managed to catch two fish on small olive nymphs of 1.5 lb and a superb fish of 2.5 lb in cracking condition. Beautiful beat and owner very helpful and friendly.