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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.

Beautiful section of the river and pretty good wading on the majority. Lovely hatches of March Browns from 11.30, on and off for over an hour. Large darks too. Managed only one and lost five. First day back and somewhat rusty and the fish acrobats !
Hope to return. Huge thanks to the other angler who kindly waited for me as he didn’t like to leave a woman angler on their own. Also opened and closed the gates so I could leave first. What a gentleman.

1 Trout

River levels still high and water pushing through, hard in places. 2 trout caught to tungsten weighted nymph. And one OOS grayling to the same. All caught upstream of the bridge

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Lovely day, with little to no wind. Good Grannom hatch but no rises seen. Fished hard but to no avail. Fish were hooked but refused to be landed.

Early morning cast before work. 7am till 8.30am. Brownie of about a lb on GRHE

1 Trout

3 fish all 2lb plus. Floated worm, 30” drop, 2 on ledgered worm.

3 Trout