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A lovely little stream with some surprisingly deep pools despite the low water conditions. I caught 5 trout up to 7 inches all on Kilinkhammer/Greenwells in a very enjoyable mornings fishing. A good number of Olives hatching off and a few Mayfly making an appearance which was good to see.

After spending the morning fishing the Llynfi Dulas, I had a break for a few hours during the heat of the day and popped in to the booking office to pick up some more vouchers. The advice and helpfulness of the WUF team was excellent again and following this I spent a few hours in the evening fishing at Llanstephan.

There were lots of rising fish and while I missed more than I hooked, I was very pleased with the three browns I caught on a klinkhammer, which were all 1lb to 1.5lb.

5 trout, several others lost on a very hot day. No evening rise, just lots of trout rushing around chasing fry.

Hot and dozy, with only significant fish having to be induced in the fast pool tails, but not surrendering...Nil return.

1 Grayling 1lb, 3 Trout best 1lb plus a few smaller fish

13 trout caught, many more lost. All fish were between 1/2 lb and 1 lb, and all safely returned. flies were mostly parachute Adams, or black gnats. In all my years of fishing, have never seen so many trout rising at the same time! We both enjoyed our 4 days fishing here on the Usk, and will be back for sure next year. We would like to commend you all at the Foundation for all the effort you have put in to provide us, the visiting angler, with such wonderful opportunities to fish in Wales!

1 chub: 40cm (aprox 1.5kg), 4 trout: 20 to 25cm, 3 grayling: 30cm

flies: 1) dry fly: pink Klinkhamer, 2) nymph: Hare's Ear Nymph (gold bead).

17 x trout 6-12 inches. This beat is very good value as there is a lot of fishable water. I spent a long morning (all the time I had to spare, sadly) prospecting the top part with a Klinkhammer and in fact never got round to covering the bottom end and the Worm Brook - some other time. Come the autumn, I am sure there will be good grayling in those deep holes. Meanwhile, the first mayfly I have seen this year came floating down.

Just to let you know that fishing was tough today at Talybont. Not totally sure what they were on much of the time, but for sure they were taking Olive Upright nymphs and emergers - a tale told by tomorrow's dinner. This explains why an OU pattern took several fish. Also had several fish on a Large Brook Dun pattern - again there were quite a lot hatching over the day. Also fish on a size 20 black F Fly - the fish were smutting under the trees. One on a pale watery emerger and another on a hare's ear emerger. No pattern to what they took at all and couldn't make head not tail of it!! Best fish, a couple of two pounders. Most of the day though the fish were totally in charge and running rings around me!

All in all, very difficult at the moment with low levels, low flows and fish very mobile in the shallows smutting and actively nymphing and so spooked so very easily.

Kev had 5 trout (best 15") 4 grayling. Me - 7 trout (best 13"x2) and one grayling. Mostly on nymphs. Surprisingly few rising fish about although the bright clear conditions may not have helped.