Feedback & Reports

Two trout on nymphs, one a beauty of 18" which gave a good battle. He kept trying to run under a rock gutter so it was a bit hairy, was worried the line would fray! Caught another of 11”, had two others come off the hook which were decent too, about 14 and 16”? All the bites were around midday and early afternoon when there were some hatches (LDOs, march browns, and the olive uprights have just started)– quieter in the late afternoon and early evening and then it was rock-hard, not a bite! Weighed this fish and he was 2lb 12 oz once the net was deducted – a good weight for 18" compared to other rivers, and these Usk trout often seem in really good condition? I guess when they are so well fed they can afford to be picky, and stop feeding entirely when nothing much is happening!

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Very quiet despite seemingly favourable weather and water conditions. Found a few fish rising in quarry pool and managed to hook and land one of these on an olive cdc, after which it went dead quiet again. Took the other at the inflow on ptn.

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Two Brown trout taken on pheasant tail hot spot nymph in the faster glides. River conditions were lovely.

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Didn't fish.

Very sparse hatch of LDO around noon which l excited the odd trout, managed to catch of those. River and overhead conditions good.

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Cold day, with northerly breeze, so not ideal conditions, and flow still a bit high, one trout landed on a mayfly nymph. Nice beat and would fish again in better conditions

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We started early to avoid the heaviest rain but no fish were seen, nor indeed a single fly, in over three hours’ fishing. Very cold and wet by 1.30 when we decided to call it a day. A very nice piece of water, however, which will be re-visited in hopefully more promising conditions.

first visit and first proper attempt at euro nymphing managed 2 gorgeous WBT 18 & 19" on PTN returned safely
fished 10-3 cold to start, then hit around 15 in the afternoon didn't notice any hatch despite the conditions

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