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A gorgeous beat. Water was low, wind was strong, and the fish did not come out of hiding until the gloaming, when I managed two on an IOBO humpy. A gorgeous stretch of river.

2 Trout

4 Trout

Spent the most of the evening stalking one fish and got it. It was worth it!

1 Trout

Evening session. Good hatch of very small upwings, not sure what they were. Plenty of trout rising apparently to emergers but very hard to get them to take. Best results, as ever, just before it is too dark to see.

3 Trout

Another hard day on the Usk. It was cold, wet and windy but this is still a lovely stretch of water. We did not catch anything and saw little sign of fish at the surface, with the exception of one short stretch just above the large pool at the bottom of the beat. Here we both tried without success to catch at least one of what seemed to be many fish feeding at the surface over a period of about 2 hours. We tried everything: many dry patters and sizes, emergers, spiders.... No idea what they were feeding on but we certainly did not have anything like it - not a single bit of interest in anything we had to offer.

Two trout caught, 14" and 9". Another larger trout lost. All caught on nymphs under a dry fly. Some fish rising sporadically. Beautiful stretch of river.

2 Trout

Two brown trout caught, one 14" and the other 9", both on a PTN. Great day and a beautiful beat.

2 Trout

2 Trout

3 Small brown caught and released.

3 Trout