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Looking at the weather forecast there was a brief window of opportunity today before the rain set in. River was low though, needs the rain. But in good nick. There was a stiff upstream breeze when we started but this dropped and the day turned soft and overcast with some drizzle later.

There were sporadic hatches through the day…. Large and medium olives, brook duns and willow flies and even a couple of mayflies. The typical large stoneflies were also about.

For us Usk fish are only catchable when they are rising. There were a few occasional risers but for an hour in one pool there was a lot of activity. Rose 7, hooked 4, landed zero! Must be getting rusty …. Or is it that we can’t say God save the Queen any more when a fish rises to a fly before tightening?

The usual size 14 dun parachutes did bring a couple to hand…. The first a gentle sipping rise from a 15 incher, the second a charging slash from a 17 incher. Not quite Penpont porkers but beautiful fish… a day that was par for the course on the Usk. A good start to the season…..

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River running at 1 ft ideal Penpont conditions. The quality of trout in this beat is amazing, if you can unlock the the catching method, not a rise all day, but French leader with smallish size 18 flies, with fish sitting in fast riffles/ pocket water, gave fantastic sport. 3 fish above 18 inches.rest 12 to 16.

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3 kayaks paddled through at about 3:50pm just as the rise got underway. ????

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Sunny day with some cloud. With a cold upstream wind. Very slow hatches of LDO and March Browns from noon onwards. Successful patterns were jinglers and March brown emergers.

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