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Arrived at the Usk today with high hopes having witnessed some good March brown hatches earlier in the month. But despite warm sunshine, no wind and perfect water heights, the river was quiet. I saw 3 MBs and a handful of LDOs in four hours but apart from some very early grannom, that was about it on the fly front. Still, prospecting with dries and nymph, I managed seven lovely trout, the biggest two at just under a pound and a half. The most successful fly was a klinkhammer in rougher water.

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Hardly any fly life , despite a beautiful day … saw 5 fish rise once all day and managed to tempt 4 of them on a dark quill olive …. Several cormorants and mergansers on the beat

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Nice sunny day, 4 fish caught on worm(floating and bottom).sizes range from 1.6lbs to 2.3lbs.

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Very nice beat but access is very tricky so unless you are fit I wouldn’t recommend this beat. We only saw 3 fish rise all day. We tried all techniques except euronymphing which may have been the best method as although there was plenty of fly life (olives and midges) the fish were not showing in the top layer of the water column. Awesome weather and a great day despite blanking.

It was good to find all the gates open, apart from the barbed wire-topped beat entrance. The knotted twine holding the gate to its post is virtually impossible to untie.
This gate is a potential health and safety issue. It has to be climbed and continues to present a threat to less nimble anglers (and to fishing waders). Can Wuf come to a better and safer arrangement? The system used at Gromain accessing Dolmeudwy, a coded padlock, is safe and works well.

Lovely spring day on the Upper Wye. Llanstephan gauge at around 2’, river clear with visibility of 3ft.
Fished the main spring pools twice with a mix of flies off a medium sink tip. Water temp around 8C and warmed a little through the day.
Trout were a by catch. one thin, two in good shape.
Probably a bit early yet for a salmon as none off the river so far.
The hut was very comfortable and beautifully situated above the Mill Pool.

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Popped up worms

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Beautiful day and a lovely stretch of river. There were both LDOs and March Browns coming off, but no fish rising. Strange.
I managed to rise 3 fish and catch one -- an immaculate wild brown trout of ~ 1lb.
I looked upstream and it looked like tricky wading (at this height of water) so I just recce's it for future visits.

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