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1 taken on dry fly. Felt like a cool steam room on the river. Another easily arranged day on the Usk.

4 Trout

Not much activity despite good conditions. 2 trout on dry fly, both around 1.5lb.

2 Trout

No fish rising, very strange for the beat as I have caught
fish every year on drys. Anyway fished fast pocket water with heavy nyphs had 4 wbt to 11ins.

4 Trout

A VERY WET day! A beautiful setting, but no fish activity. A lot of swallows "hoovering up" flies, but no trout rises. We'll try again with better weather!

A splendid location with very good access.

1 Trout

River slightly high and coloured, fished the morning upstream from the bridge and below the bridge in the afternoon.
Downstream of the bridge a better beat with fish caught on a mixture of dry and wet flies with occasional hatches throughout the day.
All fish returned.

6 Trout

Not the easiest of days due to the blustery conditions and downpours. Upstream presentation of any fly mostly thwarted by downstream wind but when the wind did drop there were rising fish to be had and water clarity was good.
Started the day off well with two small Wild Brownies just below the bridge taken on a CJ's Ducks Dun (size 14) and then later in the day (in between downpours) managed 3 more fish between us on Blue Winged Olive, March Brown and a Greenwells Glory a few hundred yards further upstream.
Sporadic hatches brought the fish to the top and had there been less rain and wind the day would have been a lot different.
Finding the right timing for the strike was difficult as we missed a LOT of takes, there being quite a lot of smaller fish. A further 7 fish shed the hook (fishing barbless of course). Even with the elements against us it was still lovely to be on the Usk again and the Glanusk Estate beats never fail to please.
Had we fished wets I'm sure we would have had more fish but why on earth would anyone want to fish wets when their are rising fish!
All fish returned.

5 Trout

Hard days fishing, very sunny and quite windy but a beautiful stretch of water. Only a few fish taken on dry and nymph but a wonderful relaxing day by the river.

9 Trout

We fished in low water conditions on a warm, bright day.
Despite the lovely weather there was nothing by way of a hatch, just the occasional Grannom coming off the water.
Fishing a gold-ribbed hare’s ear in the tail of the Church Turn pool yielded 2 small brownies. We saw no fish rising apart from tiddlers in very shallow water.
This is a very picturesque beat and I would thoroughly recommend a trip to the Glanusk Estate. Everyone we met was friendly and helpful. Thanks, as always, to the Wye and Usk Foundation for their help and advice.

2 Trout

Arrived at about 11 and spend a wonderfuil morning practicing my casting when a decent rise of LDO or March Browns (entymology not my forte')emerged at about 12:30 no sign of fishy activity until i got out of the water for a spot of lunch when the surface came alive with trout a-leapin and a-gambolling all over the place in the area around the 'Quarry'.
Refastened waters etc and strode purposefully off towards potential quarry(pun?)and by the time I launched first cast the whole area died - so went back to casting practice.
I did have a very pleasant day and will continue to do so in the future I am sure, and one day may catch something