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6 trout caught on nymphs and several coming short of the net

6 Trout

Lovely beat, only fished upper half, kids in pool below bridge. 1 or 2 rises, in well protected lies, had 1 on a dry for a while but lost under a tree, good fish.

Took the family for lunch at the newly reopened Chainbribge Pub, food was good and my son landed his first salmon within 10 minutes of finishing lunch. It was only a 4lb grilse but a very welcome 4th course. This is the 3rd salmon in 2 days in front of the pub and more have been caught above the bridge..There seem to be plenty of fish in the river.

1 Salmon

1'7" falling --9lb salmon took silver stoats tail, long cast on U.Glangwye--evening

1 Salmon

First time on this beautiful beat. Walked the length and chose an area to target that looked good for the conditions, up about one foot.
We fished on groundbait feeder and pellet and got plenty of chub action with the occasional barbel appearance. The chub really did scrap hard today too. Best barbel was weighed and it went 9lb 2oz. Wildlife today included kingfisher, buzzard, mandarin duck with chicks, reed bunting, sparrowhawk, long tailed tits, heron to name a few. Plenty of swims to go at here and all well strimmed so access is good along the bank.

5 Barbel, 11 Chub

Late afternoon session fishing into dark. Barbel to 6lb, Chub to 4lb.

3 Barbel, 6 Chub

Water at 650cm, ideal conditions. Fish visibly active in the morning, with one 5lb salmon falling to a Flying C (red and silver lure) before lunch. Water falling slightly p.m. and no further salmon seen.

1 Salmon

An absolutely stunning day in the Welsh hills, river slightly coloured and a few inches on the gauge at Brecon. Very mixed hatch throughout the day with trout looking up most of the time. As many fish missed as caught using tiny nymphs and drys. More than makes up for the blank in the early spring!

6 Trout

12lb bar of silver and another of 10.5lb from the Rocks on an Usk Grub variant

2 Salmon

A few fish rising but I couldn't get any to take my fly. Beautiful beat though!