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2 nice brown trout caught early in the day on Diawl Bach, lovely beat

2 Trout

2 Trout

Those damn trout too damn tricky for me!

In contrast to beats I’ve fished on the Wye, the Upper Usk teems with insect life. Different farming practices in the two valleys?
Two trout hooked in faster flows on perdigon, both played and lost.
A nod to the farmer / WUF for creating safer access to the river upstream of quarry pool with a new stile.
Thanks also to GCG Angling club member (they have access to the opposite bank) for tips on fishing the Cwmwysg beat.

Warm day with sunny intervals, very little wind, river very low and clear.

Very little in the way of insect life coming off the water, but quite a few sporadic rises not a clue what they were taking though.

Two caught on dry one on nymph

3 Trout

3 Trout

1 Trout

Hot day, low water, a lot of midges, not much hatching, and only a few rises. Fished entire beat, 9 Usk beauties, all on Nymphs.

9 Trout

Nymphs in fast water accounted for the trout. Fished 2/3 of the beat down from the waterfall at the upper limit. Insects in great numbers all day with clouds of what looked like midges over the fastest water, but only glimpsed one rise. Briefly switched rods and put a duster then a F Fly over the spot. No joy.

5 Trout

2 Trout