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Tough day with few fish rising. Lovely bit of river though. Fascinating to see how river has changed as nearly 40 years since I last fished this stretch.

Mepps 2,3+ chinese spoon (silver)

6 Trout

we caught them all on mayfly emergers

4 Trout

Caught 1 rainbow and 1 brown trout ,kept the rainbow, released the brown trout unharmed .

2 Trout

Water fairly low & clear after the very dry April with some algal growth on the gravels. Good to have a change from the persistent easterly wind of late to a gentle southerly. Fished a dry (adams) which worked on the occasional riser, mostly in the slower deeper pools, with hatches spasmodically throughout the afternoon.

4 Trout

2 pounds on a March Brown dry.

1 Trout

4 Trout

There were a few fish rising when we arrived and we managed 10 on small greenwells before the heavens opened in a biblical downpour. After we had dried out, we decided to look at Syfydrin where there were fish rising on small midges. We managed another 11 fish here on small grey dusters and quill buzzer patterns.
All fish were safely returned.
It was a bit disappointing to see a large party of off road bikers roaring up the bank at the far end right next to a large sand martin colony.

21 Trout

1 in Llyn Ogwen
1 in Llyn Bochlwyd

Both returned, un-touched.

2 Trout

Good fishing weather on the Usk and plenty of fish feeding during the 3 hours that I fished. Fished only dry fly and one trout to net and missed 4 others. For other reasons, I was not as well prepared as normal and time on the water was curtailed. However, a better fisher, better prepared would have caught many more as the conditions were pretty good although the water was quite low in places.
This was my first time at Dinas and at least as an occasional fisher on the USK, this is not my favourite place to be due to the proximity of the roads. Cannot complain about the fishing itself.

1 Trout