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2 Trout

Worm on bottom. Nothing caught. Didn't see any fish activity all day.

11 Trout

River was high and whilst we fished hard all day unfortunately for zero return. Nice stretch of water,

Two of us on this beat on what felt like a proper Spring day. You would have bet on a decent hatch today but almost no bugs materialised. So we scratched around. My companion did manage a couple of fish on dries and, later, one on a streamer. And I caught a few, here and there, on nymphs. A funny old day then.

8 Trout

Two lost fish

6 Trout

Arrived at 9:00am and walked the accessible RHS bank. Nothing rising but good spots noted. Started with nymph but by 10:30am a trickle of March Browns started showing as the conditions warmed in the strong sunlight. Changed over to a Davie McPhail inspired March Brown tied on a size 12, and immediately hooked into a 2lb brownie. Walked to other good spots and had a 1 1/2lb and a 10" brownie in each of these. The March Brown hatch and rising fish suddenly stopped around midday. Trickle of LDO's pm but nothing rising. Couldn't tempt any further takes on nymph in areas where I now knew there were trout. Glorious warm weather 17C and nice river level 0.34m at Crickhowell. First decent day out on the Usk. Today was all about the conditions and the March Brown Hatch.

3 Trout

4 Trout

First time on this beat so it took a little while to get my bearings. The river looked in good condition. Once set up and ready to start there were immediately some rising fish. Once I got into position about 11:45 there was a real flurry of rises (both MBs and LDOs). I had a couple of rises to my offering but couldn't connect. By about 12:20 it was all over. The rest of the afternoon was spent wandering the bank with the occasional cast in possible places. Very occasional rises but generally where all the earlier action occurred. Great to be on the river but on this occasion I didn't crack the code.