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Conditions were spot on water was a good height and overcast until 3:30pm. Saw two salmon (running fish) and had a good pull which took line from the reel but never connected (from the bathing pool). Such lovely fly water and a lovely beat. Will be back again.

Fished upstream from the Orchard.
Only 1 x 2lb chub - missed several more!
Still a fair bit of current to the river.

2 rods fished whole day. River holding at 2ft. 1 very fresh hen fish of around 11lb from Gravel catch around 9.30am. Another strong pull missed in Bridge pool in the morning and a fish lost in the Bridge pool after 20 seconds in the afternoon. 4 shad. Saw four salmon show which is notable as have seen very few in past month or so. Trout were steadily rising all day in the Gravel catch and Bridge flats.

Great day, saw a few salmon but could not connect to one.
Had a couple of grayling and trout on the dry fly during a good hatch all returned.
Definitely will try again

17 Barbel to 9Lbs.
3 Chub to 5Lbs

3 Chub, 1 on float fished pellet at Orchard parking area and 2 on legered luncheon meat in middle meadow area.

The second of my three outings on the usk. Having never fished the beat before I started nymphing the streamy sections in the absence of any rising fish and was fairly quickly into a couple of fish. Was quite hard going though until i moved up to the top pool around lunchtime where there were some fish rising. caught a couple on a cdc dun and a few more on a nymph under a dry. Another good day although failed to connect with some off the bruisers that ive heard inhabit this stretch. Cheers to Paul for the use of his phone to keep me from getting into trouble with the missus! Sounds like he had the right idea staying on late!

A few hours fishing in the afternoon produced 14 trout to 8".
All of the fish came to the dry fly, there were some mayfly coming off the water and so fished a large dry fly which produced plenty of rises.
A lovely stretch of water with plenty of woody debris to give good holding water to trout.
Worth a go.

1st time on the beat. Enjoyable day catching 2 eels, 3 Chub & 7 Barbel to 7 lb 9 oz all on Feeder and pellet.

A disappointing day - having arrived at crack of dawn, I did not catch anything apart from 1 Chub. Didn't have a pull or touch from anything resembling a Salmon. Saw one move but nothing. Work intervened at Midday, and I will bet that the fish started to be active late afternoon/ evening.
Met a very nice Gentleman on the beat, and I hope he had some luck as the day wore on!