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Fished on Saturday (and on Tuesday after the river had cleared). Lovely beat. Caught (with partner Becca) 7 on first day, 13 or so on next all on dry fly and all to consistent rises. Was delighted to see biggest March Brown hatch I have seen on the Usk in seven years although we caught mainly on LDO (and Grannom imitations) just as we do every year. Must try a March Brown soon! Lovely beat, good weekend to fish it.

2 x trout 12 inches and 18 inches. The larger fish was a lovely fat one. Everybody got excited (including the fish for a short time) about a supposed march brown hatch that afternoon. I took specimens of a male and female, and when I got home came to the conclusion they are probably large brook dun. I will send them in - see what you think. We are now well into May (although it feels more like April) and I haven't identified a definite march brown yet from the Usk.

Very nice beat with a good mixture of fly and spinnng. Unfortunately we didn't catch a thing. Arrived at 9.30 am just after high tide, so a little late and stayed until 7 pm. The only hint of a fish was a nibble on my spinner from a very small brown trout.

As to why we didn't see a fish? Maybe because we had no real rain in the prior 2 weeks. Maybe because we had a hard late winter, who knows?

Early start to the day's fishing, with the hope to miss most of the rain. Used a small dark grey gnat immitation dry fly for first two hours. Within the first half hour I had one small grayling of around 6 inches, a small Brownie of similar size and a larger Brownie of about 10 inches. The rest of the session continued with earnest, between sparodic showers. The end total was a very satisfying two Grayling, nine small Brown Trout ranging from 4 to 6 inches and three larger Brown Trout around the 10 to 12 inch mark. Happy Days!! The best fishing I have had in years.

A very pleasant days fishing in beautiful surroundings. I slowly progressed through every salmon pool starting at the Cockpit and finally caught a fish at the very top of the Cordora Pool with a pink flying condom - I initially got very excited, but subsequently found out that I had hooked a 12 pound Pike (tailed by two of it's "relatives" for some reason) - caught and released.

As a suggestion for the future it would be nice to be able to access the beat using a none 4 X 4 vehicle (possible if the access road ruts were filled with crushed hardcore, or similar).

Day started off not to well (forgot my kelly kettle) but lovely beat. Plenty of fly activity but nothing rising. Managed to catch six trout to 8ins on spiders and goldheads before falling in. Still great day and will be back.

At times a very wet and windy day. Spent about five hours on the river but driven off by the heavy rain at about 5 pm. Nothing caught and saw nothing rise all day. A beautiful beat, and I suppose, if it was too easy, it would'nt be worth doing.

Eventually able to fish this beat for the 1st time, having been washed off twice, good old english/welsh weather eh? The water was very cold hence very little activity, I had and lost 4 of the smallest brown trout i think i ever seen, my friend lost just the one. All were hooked (all be it not for long) on a gold headed nymph. This aside the surroundings are lovely and we had a lovely pint in the Bell, I would say the same about the steak which it really was nice but just barely enough to fill 1 of the tiny little trout that had kindly grabbed at my nymph earlier that day. I will return though, as it really is a lovely beat!!

Nil Return. One catch return was posted to the posting box on the day by the 2nd rod H Keep, but this nil return was not included as it asked for only one return. A few flying March Browns were seen.

A rainy days fishing but LDO's in small numbers with Grammon also showing, again small numbers all day. Fished with EH Nymph. 1 Grayling 3/4lb, changed to dry fly 1 grayling 1lb and one trout 3/4lb. Lost too many to count as the fish rose to take but just no hook set. Never mind a great days fishing along with the first cuckoo of the year for me. All fish returned safe.