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Looked spot on with a bit of extr water but had to work a bit harder than expected.

1 Barbel, 6 Chub

Excellent day fishing.
Conditions were mild and overcast, and the river was rising and colouring up nicely.
Ledger and pellet tactics proved effective for barbel mainly from one swim. Barbel up to over 9lb.
Tally was:
S.H 4 x Barbel
L.H 5 x Barbel, 1 x Chub

9 Barbel, 1 Chub

Lots of weed meant I couldn’t fish the feeder so all fish caught on an Avon float.

4 Chub

1 Barbel, 8 Chub, 10 Other

3 Trout

First time on the beat. It’s a beautiful setting and a wide variety of water, including pocket water-style riffles, gutters and occasional glides. The Usk had received much needed rain in the preceding days, causing a couple of sharp lifts that has cleared out quite a bit of the algae. The water had good clarity and height (0.34 on the Trallong gauge, dropping 4cm over the day). Despite that, there was very little fish activity, with sporadic hatches only resulting in occasional rises. I connected with a couple of brownies, one of which broke my tippet, but didn’t land either. The wading is tricky in places, with undulating bedrock and sharp drop-offs, so I was glad to have my wading stick. There is quite a lot of bracken lining the banks, which affects access to the river and the back cast in places. It needs a good strim before it becomes a problem.

1 Trout

Fished for a couple of hours, water very coloured and no luck with either Dry or nymph. Flow surprisingly low after the previous few days of rain and much sediment on bed of river. Oh well, better luck next season.

10 Barbel, 4 Chub