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9 Trout

An excellent stretch with a good head of fish. All were taken on dries, and were fit as fiddles. Recommended.

14 Trout

The river was low (0.28m on the Ross gauge) and hadn’t risen appreciably after the rain on Thursday (apart from carrying a slight tinge). Canoes and paddle boarders dogged the day. This was to be expected on a warm Saturday but I’ll try to get to the beat much earlier if fishing on a weekend again. There were two or three good-sized salmon in the tail of the Vanstone in the evening (once the canoes had finished), but it wasn’t possible to cover them effectively with the fly due to depth of the pool at that point. I caught one decent Shad (over a pound), but that was it. Fantastic mayfly hatch but no sign of trout.

1 Other

No fish caught, plenty of good size fish showing. Found it difficult in the conditions warm bright and still. Need to work out the best approach in the murky shallow water! Will try again lovely lake.

Well , with some good rain last night and right up to half eight in Herefordshire thought I'd venture back up to the Lugg at Litton and also fish some of the club water ..... fish happy to come up and take a dry.... started with a Para Adams in the shallower streamer water ... good success and also a tiny f fly scored well..... still low here,but very pleasant ... did perhaps half the beat ... a few missed this morning but managed to bring to the net half a dozen, ranging from six to eleven inches in size . A pleasant couple of hours .... I did see two mayflies too !!! Bonus !! There is a few additions across the Stream but its always been a wild one this ....

On the way back , couldn't resist another hour through the town stretch so waders back on six foot two weight in tow and back in the river at quarter to one ..... lots rising and some big big grayling seen too !!! Saw a dozen or so mayflies here ... what a difference a few miles makes........Anyway three savage splashy rises to my Parachute Adams and three to hand here and a few missed !!!! Great fun ...... could have done with another six hours of the wet stuff but still had some fun in a dry quite sunny morning on and off!! Back up to the Lugg again very soon ... spot on !!!

8 Trout

Access to this river is virtually impossible, with landowner fences blocking the way. Gates have been fenced over and barbed wire seems to be the favoured tool applied.
The Trout Inn in Beulah told me that access to the river there has been cut off by the landowner.

I even tried a footpath below Beulah only to find that the post has been removed and, again, barbed wire positioned across the gate.

14 Trout

The usk reservoir shouldn't be known as a trout fishery any longer.... it's impossible to fish for anything other than perch

16 Other

Couple of hours fishing at either side of midday in bright sunshine, a much warmer day after several days of cool winds, at 20 degrees with lighter winds. Fished the upper half of the beat from the bridge starting at the caravan site. A couple of salmon visible sitting at the base of the Rock pool, and a few large trout spotted also. Not a great deal hatching and very little in the way of a rise, except for a couple of trout (always on the wrong side of the river!) feeding at the Rock pool on terrestrials under the trees. A few trout rose around midday opposite the caravan site and we had a handful of takes on the surface to mayfly imitations, but none connected.

A nice place to fish and it would be even better at a time when there are a few consistently rising fish to cast at - one to try another time. Our first time on this beat - many thanks to the riparian owner for his advice.