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I only drove up from Cornwall this morning so didn't have a full day on the water. Plus I forgot my wading boots so was struggling to wade in shoes and wasn't able to cover the water as well as I would have liked.
That said, it is a lovely stretch and I took a number of grayling up to 1.5 to 2lb max (Estimated) But some nice fish and brown trout up to about 14" .
Fish were taken on Dry fly, silver bead head PTN and brassie fished in conjunction with a dry fly indicator and a few were taken Euro-nymphing. The fishing died off in the late afternoon, some weather came in and appeared to put the fish down.
What a privilege to be able to fish such a wonderful piece of water. Thank you for all of your efforts..

6 Trout, 12 Grayling

2 Trout

Hard fishing today.People from canoe don't have respect for other people on the river.From 10am till 4pm no chance to fishing due to stupid canoe people

4 Barbel, 9 Chub

River was low so it was tough. We had small chub up to 1lb on the float and a Shad! Pellet and feeder was very slow going, but I had two really nice chub, both 5lb. Good day overall considering the conditions. Also saw a very large Salmon jump clear out of the water several times!

13 Chub, 1 Other

A good day that produced 5 barbel and 5 chub for one angler and 10 chub for the other.Chub were a good size but very slim after spawning.
The fishery is very well kept and easy acces to all swims.

5 Barbel, 15 Chub

We had to move to find some barbel willing to play ball. All were in the 4-5lb bracket.One chub and an eel also caught.
Quite slow going in perfect conditions. I am sure things will pick up as the month continues.

4 Barbel, 1 Chub, 1 Other

Not as good as the previous day but a decent enough day. Couple of barbel early from the concrete walkway then moved downstream to the bottom end. Got a few chub. Back up to fish the walkway and got 3 more barbel before dark. Couple of 8lb fish and others around 5lb. Plenty of people fishing far bank also.

5 Barbel, 8 Chub

Very low and clear, hard going. There is a dead sheep on the boulder beach about 20 yards short of the far gate in the second field. I tried to find someone from the House to let them know but couldn't locate them. Looked fairly "fresh" as wasn't too smelly.
Otherwise lovely stretch of river but hard work getting near ultra spooky fish and fighting a nasty downstream wind. Hope to return one day. Would be a lot easier fished as a pair with someone helping to spot!
My full blog post is here https://www.theunfamousfly.co.uk/challenging-fishing-on-the-usk/

1 Trout

River low. fish took some time to find but bites where plentiful when located lost a number of good fish in the streamer weed. Only fished morning till late afternoon

3 Barbel, 6 Chub