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River very low and gin clear . Trout seemed to be held up in any deeper sections of the river . Nymphing produced nothing in the streamy water . All trout were on dries after 1 pm targeting the limited rising fish . All came to size 18 midge patterns . I noticed a swirl in one of the pools and a huge salmon went fully airborne , without doubt the biggest salmon I've seen for a long time. Estimate would be in the 30lb - 40lb range .

6 Trout, 1 Other

Euro nymphing PTN. Bright sun, 20c

3 Trout

14 Trout

River looking great. Arrived around 10:30ish. Abundant insect life but nothing rising. Fished the faster water with various nymphs with no luck. Moved up past the pumping station, still no luck. However one of the pools further up fish were rising ALOT! This was about 3pm. Fished a couple of emergers and one was taken and he put up a great fight, about 8-10 inches. Sadly he shook the hook which was annoying. Nothing after that.
Went back to the faster water and fished another emerger and got another take but again shook the hook pretty quickly, think he was a bit bigger.
Even though I blanked…. Again it’s a great beat well worth the day out

Three very nice brown trout all between 12-15 inches. Two on an emerger, one of a pheasant tail nymph

3 Trout

Fish in good condition. 1x 14” 1x8””. None taken. Water low and very clear. Both fell to Hares Ear #16 with flash back thorax cover. Fished from upstream limit to weir within glides. Both caught by 10:30. Little activity after that

2 Trout

Although the river was low, there was still plenty of fishable water. No significant rises to speak of, but the fish were taking nymphs throughout the day (up until leaving the stretch at 4.30pm).

The biggest fish was just shy of 2lbs, and the rest between 1/2lb and 1 1/4lbs, all very healthy and caught Euro style in the streamy water on PT jig patterns.

All in all, a lovely day on the Usk!

4 Trout

8 Trout

Gin clear water made it good fun sight fishing to some lumpy fish downstream of the bridge. a few olives coming off but not a huge hatch. I had 3 from 12 to 14" which all took dries, they torn line off when hooked in thin water.
It was very heartening to see a good pod of Grilse swim past and one bar of silver leapt just in front of me "wow" the the sun caught his silver flanks.

3 Trout

One small, one decent sized brownie, bubbling until about 1ish, very quiet afterwards

2 Trout