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Only managed to fish for a couple of hours but it was enough to explore this lovely beat. There was a steady feed of Large Dark Olives all day but the cold downstream wind kept the main hatch at bay.
I caught 6 brown trout the best fish was a 18 inch cracker that took a olive green Pheasant Tail Nymph fished into the head of one of the pools. Of rising fish I saw only one but it was rising steadily in the slack margins under a tree. Although I tempted it to take an Olive Emerger after a spirited and very acrobatic fight it managed to slip the hook before I netted it. All in all a great beat and an enjoyable days fishing. The best fish of the day can be seen on my facebook page. Frank Williams.

J. C. had a great day catching salmon at Courtfield from the boat pool down to top end of ferry pool including 5 well mended, and some exceptional, kelts to 15lbs and a fabulous 40" cock salmon with very high condition factor, super deep and thick girth " a 'pig' as wide as a board" est 27lbs from charts.

No trout caught. A few grayling rising.

Great beat. Fished it last Friday. The owner has had wooden steps cut to take you from where you should park down to the river. The area near there is pretty much all good. It was around 10C so bearable. I took a trout on spider pattern before switching to dries when the rise started at around 11.30. Caught 4 more on dries (and my partner caught two more on dries) between then and 3.30pm (ish) when the rise primarily to dark olives stopped. There was also a short flush hatch (of March Browns I believe) at around 12.30. I say this because the same thing happened the next day on a different beat and time I knew it was March Browns. All 7 trout (1/2 to 3/4 lb) returned. Great day fishing thank you.

11 trout all returned (4 takeable) on Usk Purple, Donegal Blue, March Brown

Had an hour throwing a spinner around this chilly evening. Several fish jumping and 2 beautiful fresh looking fish porpoising at least once every 2/3 minutes - couldn't interest them in a flying C.

Five trout caught on mayfly, then released. All weighing about 3/4LB.

A cold foggy start with river still in semi- hibernation. A small hatch of large dark olives at 2pm. Only saw three rises all day. (10-4)
Caught a 4-5lb kelt (physique of a barracuda, would have weighed twice as much before ravages of reproduction) on a size 14 olive nymph. Good fun on a light rod. Safely returned, as was an entertaining 8oz brownie.

1 x brown trout 17 inches. I suppose it was a bit early to try a stream the size of the Llwyd, but Llantarnam Abbey is a new section and I was intrigued. On a cold day of grey mist, even the large dark olives of spring let me down and I saw no surface activity. However, trundling a size 14 Goldbead Hare's Ear into a deep hole produced a very pleasant surprise. One other heavy trout hooked in a deep run came off after a few seconds. It would be interesting to try this one when the water warms up a bit and trout are "out and about" on the feeding lies. Up in Cwmbran you do hear rumours of sewin accessing this stream, and it does seem believable; the tidal Usk is only a couple of miles downstream and there are deep enough holes for them to lie in. I don't suppose they survive long once word gets about!

Dark olives and a few march brown trickled off from 11am. Downstream wind and chill made it tough. Enough fish rising to keep a dry on the end, and managed 3 fish, 2 under a pound and one very well conditioned 14"er, all on a dry March Brown.