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6 x Rainbow Trout caught and taken on floating line & sinking tip with green/blue damsel.

First time fishing at Goodrich Court. Fished The Maddox with the fly with the water was quite coloured. Used a fast sinking line and 2" orange and yellow poly tube which dragged the bottom a bit. Just at the end of the Maddox pool at 9.30 I caught a hen fish of about 12lb, about 6ft from the bank in the slack water. Nice and silver but no lice on her. Will be back soon for what is some lovely fly water.

This is the second occasion that I have fished this beat, although I have not latched onto a fish yet, I am confident that it will be in the not too distant future. Although not long by some beats standards, it is a lovely beat to fish, it has excellent flow and a very comfotable wading depth for the most part, especially above the bridge. From the top of the beat a salmon could be picked up virtually any where down river to the bridge. In this height of water (app 200mm up at this moment in time) below the bridge it gets very deep after 60 mtrs, but there are a couple of areas where it is fishable with fly or baits It has obvious good holding lies (stones and chine pools) once the river drops to summer level. The amount of trout that I saw rising was amazing considering how cold it has been. Tight lines.

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.