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Very hot and very bright.

Lovely, warm day. Several paddlers / swimmers but didn't inconvenience. As leaving, from the bridge, saw 2x canoes....
Water temp 50F exactly. Some grannoms and small olives (earlier). May have arrived slightly late at c. 11am.
Fish took a March Brown. Returned.

1 Trout

Had a great day on the river, very hard conditions, hot and very bright sun. No fish rising, a few large dark olives hatching.
Sadly no fish.

1 Trout

Lovely day and a nice Beat. A good hatch around mid-day and rising fish throughout, but despite our best efforts and ringing the changs fishing dry flies only... just the one offer between us. Next time...
Thank You WUF.

1 Trout

early on in the day i saw a very large shoal of what i assume were char rising to take small midges making they're way around the lake, they only came into casting range for a brief moment but didn't take my flies and when the wind came back they were gone. i tried the same spot as where i had the char yesterday for a short while before deciding to give Melyn LLyn a go.

after fishing Dulyn in the morning i decided to give Melyn llyn a go i arrived to a dead calm water and beaming sunshine with trout taking flies at the surface. within an hour and 10 minutes i had landed 7 trout and lost about 5 all on a cdc bibio hopper dry fly. Most of them weren't that big but one of them was about a pound and the most beautiful yellow colour with vibrant red spots. the wind then got stronger and they stopped taking dries. i had 3 more before the end of the day on a woolly bugger stripped fast and had a very nice fish take the fly but not stay hooked. overall a fantastic days fishing and well worth the hike

10 Trout

2 Trout

1 Trout

A day to remember on a simply magnificent stretch of the Usk.

We booked three rods, two via the WUF and one direct from Penpont House when we arrived at the venue. The beat is a fantastic mix of gutters, riffles, deep pools, and flats. Unfortunately, a very strong upstream wind and bright sunshine meant dry fly wasn't an option for us. Despite a decent hatch, we only saw one fish rise all day, so we stuck to nymphing and spiders in the faster runs and pocket water, which proved very productive. We landed 9 fish between us and lost a few more. The fish seemed to switch off during the afternoon meaning we caught nothing after 2pm.

Most of the fish we landed were around the 1lb mark, with two beautiful Usk specimens probably just over 2lbs, which made our day. Our first time on the Usk and it most certainly won't be our last!

9 Trout