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Somehow managed to blank. Rose three fish to cdc olives at lunchtime when the hatch got going but missed all of them, too quick on the strike!! Plenty of fish rising and a lovely variety of water. Really nice beat. Next time...

2 rods toiled in the wind and rain but we were defeated, so sad to report a double blank. Very occasional rises to an intermittent olive hatch, but only when the wind dies down and the sun came out. The afternoon was plagued by a couple of groups of canoeists.
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6 trout on Klinkhammer or gold head nymph. One at 10oz retained.

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Water coloured with a lot of flotsam. No fish rising or moving. Four fish caught, largest around a pound, all taken on size 16 HE nymph fish underneath a large sedge, all from the same pool with 30 mins. Nothing else.

6 wbt caught and released ranging from 6-9". Fished with a tan klinkhammer with a gh ptn New Zealand style. Lots more raised and lost. This is a lovely beat, I fished the upper half as there was another rod fishing the lower half. The river was running fast and wading was extremely difficult even with a wading stick, I had a dunking after lunch!

11 brown trout caught on nymph. Good.

The river was in great condition when I arrived at 11am. I got to the riverbank and found plenty of fish rising. Within 5 minutes I was into my first Usk brownie. A lovely fish of about 1 1/4lbs with more than a hint of red in it's flanks. The fight had seriously disrupted the pool I was fishing so I moved to the downstream end of the beat where I met the owner and discussed some possible tactics.

Over the next 2 hrs a further 2 fish of approximately the same size but minus the red hue were taken on #16 para adams while working the bottom 100yds of the beat. 2pm saw the hatch cease and fish stopped taking off the surface. So I moved upstream and briefly worked one of the pools mid-beat with some nymphs and no success. I then left the beat approx 3pm and headed homewards.

We arrived to find the river pushing through nicely, with periods of bright sunshine, which warmed the air/water well and encouraged good hatches throughout the day. Sadly this was not matched by rises with just the occasional fish showing. 4 Goosanders and a Cormorant were present which may account for the apparent deficit of fish on what is a fantastic beat.

We manged 5 trout between us mostly small except for a 3/4lb one, this was when there was more cloud cover.

1 small trout to a wet fly. A few fish rising when the rain stopped. Lovely beat, but found it it difficult fishing on the upper section - couldn't get to right bank, & overhanging trees all the way up the left bank, which made for tricky casting.