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Water still a bit high with some colour, no salmon seen, not much surface trout movement. 3 Trout caught, all took salmon flies. Had a good day however in great part of Usk valley.

3 Trout

Certain areas held some rising fish but much of the river had none. A day with splendid conditions with occasional warm sunshine and only light upstream wind.
All fish but one came to the dry fly, in sizes up to 14.
Best fish about 1.5lb.

10 Trout

Light rain for most of the day and quite cold. No sign of any fish rising so concentrated on the nymph. 2 trout of about 1/2 pound taken both on Pheasant Tail nymph. First taken at Church Turn and the second at Campwll. Both caught between 2pm - 4pm. No fish taken.

2 Trout

A lovely days fishing back on the Usk at Glan Usk Estate.
Not much movement throughout the whole day. The odd fish rising but they could not be tempted by either a wet or dry. Small March Brown hatch started at lunchtime but no increase in activity.
3 small brown trout were caught, all under 1/2lb so all returned safe and sound.
I certainly will return later in the year to try once again.

3 Trout

1 Trout

Not the warmest of April days. Allocated the top beat in the morning. I must admit I find the very deep gutters and pools on this stretch difficult to fish unless fish are on the surface, which they weren’t. However, there is a nice riffle at the top which can provide a good couple of hours fishing, usually productive, but not on this occasion.
Switched to the bottom beat around 2 ish, caught an 8oz fish, followed by a 12oz fish, both in the faster water on a gold beaded nymph. Quite cold by now, so thinking about the long drive back to Kent, at which point I hooked a very nice fish 2½ to 3 LB. took me about 20 minutes to get it in. In attempting to carry the fish back out to the faster water to revive it, I slipped on a rock and took a dip. Decided to call it a day.
The odd fly coming off but nothing that could be described as a hatch.

3 Trout

The three of our party enjoyed the beat though cold conditions prevented much success on the more exposed sections. All fish caught on the bottom section by J4F.

5 Trout

Lovely clear wintery day and the water looked in great condition. Pretty clear and flowing well albeit freezing cold whilst wading. Didn't managed to tempt any fish at all and saw nothing moving or rising in the river. There was very little fly-life although there was a hatch of an up-wing fly in the afternoon but very few. Still had a nice day by the river which beats being in the office.

WUF Note : Booking though Estate

Very nice beat. No fish seen or caught.
I found a landing net on the beat - owner can contact me via WUF.

Lovely day's fishing with almost exactly the same result as when we fished this beat last year - a good-sized and fairly fresh hen salmon at about 6pm. It was caught on an ally's shrimp or something resembling that and was about 8lbs. River level was very low and things had not look promising in the morning. However, we started catching trout in the afternoon and then the Salmon at the end of the day in one of the pools at the bottom of the beat. The river is very well-mainatined here and particularly beautiful. Good pie at lunchtime in the Nantyffin pub down the road too.

1 Salmon, 3 Trout