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5 Trout 6"-10"

A tough afternoon fishing on what is a stunning beat of the Usk. The few fish we found rising were very selective and were not going to take anything that didn't look 100% right.
This is a very long beat with some great looking runs that must have surely had some big fish lurking in them.
Would be nice to return to complete the top half of the beat hopefully with a bit more water in the river.
5 trout between us up to 12" but non of the famous Usk lumps we'd hoped for.

Nil caught or seen.

Nil return.

Vain hope of Salmon but needed the casting practice! Also tried for trout and a few small brownies caught near the bridge plus a salmon parr.

Small rises throughout the day but no fish taken. They were pipping for a black gnat off the surface but weren't interested in anything else. Excellent day out though despite lack of any takes but will definitely be back when the water is higher.

Two small Brown Trout (C&R). River very low. Sun very bright. Had I been able to fish in the evening I'm sure it would have been better. I was not happy to have campers from the downstream field walking well upstream throwing stones into the water. I asked them not to and they did stop.

12 x trout 6-10 inches. Casting lessons in the morning and then dived indoors to watch Will and Kate do their thing in style...and not forgetting Tiggy's little lad waving and grinning at the crowd with great confidence like he did it every day. After which, with a few hours left in the day, I nipped down to try this new beat on the Garren. I probably didn't see it at its best - none of our streams are really at their best at the moment - and initially it looked a bit murky and the bottom covered with slime, just like the Trothy further down always does. But as I went upstream with a Klinkhammer, I began to take to this one. There were plenty of rising fish, initially very small dace, but trout higher up. In fact the brook completely changes its character as you go upstream, particularly above the mill dam where it cuts steeply through a sandstone gutter. In these very low flows I was probably able to wade the bed further up than normal, and in any case the steep banks make it difficult to get in and out of the river bed. Don't use your very best waders because there is much scrambling. Incidentally, the voucher box is located on the downstream side of the bridge at the start, right-hand bank. I did catch and photograph one very odd looking small trout. All the right markings and fins, but a short deep body with the dimensions of a fat little crucian carp. Dwarfism perhaps, or have we discovered a mysterious new cyprinid-trout hybrid?

Slow day. 12 fish caught in spurts all stocked rainbow trout.

Looked at the lower beat first but decided on the upper as it's a little more open. This is a gem of a stream, which is absolutely stuffed with trout. Easy fishing it isn't, however, and with crystal clear water and a lack of meanders, a long cast is necessary. The section from the old weir upstream of the farm to the 'no go' area is probably the best and was enough for about 4 hours of fishing.

A gusty side wind meant a lot of untangling from trees/fences yesterday but when a cast landed in roughly the right place, there were plenty of takers. Ended up with 8 trout to 12" and saw spooked fish shooting past me which were approaching 2lbs. All fish caught and released on dries - black parachute or hawthorns.