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Fished beats 2 and 3 as only had the fly rod. No salmon seen. River in good condition.

Arrived to a light shower of rain and a stunning rainbow over the beat. Parked up and had a look over the bridge,the river was very high/fast flowing and coloured.But I'd traveled a long way so I put on my waders and walked the beat. The beat was pretty much unfishable,but still a beautiful place to spend a couple of hours.

1 Rainbow Trout (1.5lb) caught on a green and black Montana on a figure of eight retrieve. Caught near disabled access point. Plenty of fish surfacing in this area but no takes after 10am.

1 Trout

No fish caught.

Fished the Usk above Abergavenny today and was surprised to find fish rising at my 11 a.m. arrival, as they have been much later than this over the last week or so, coinciding with LDO and March Brown hatches, typically from about 12.30. Today the first main hatch of March Browns appeared shortly after 12.30, then trickled off intermittently and were still on the water at 3.45 p.m. with fish still rising. Had nine trout to 14" on various March Brown patterns, mainly on a Duck's Dun MB variant but also on MB Klink and snowshoe tuft emergers. A lovely day and great to see so many of these upwings on the Usk again over the last few weeks.

9 Trout

A few LDO's coming of with a few fish rising. Very clear and pretty low.

7 Trout

One salmon lost. Black flying C. Good conditions.

2 Trout, 1 Other

Another lovely day on a clear running river. 1 Trout on a para adams (and 1 missed) during a short rise in one pool, the rest on GRHE or PTN nymphs. 4 Trout at 9" to 12", plus two 12" grayling in good condition. Only a sparse hatch but the fish were caught over the whole beat.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

A lovely spring day - more lamb than lion today after a cold night in the campervan! Short bursts (10-12 minutes each) of furious fly activity, with March Browns in such intensity I have never seen before. Goodness, what a come-back this fly species is making on the Usk. Five good trout to 16 inches caught and returned. First visit to this beat. Very enjoyable.

5 Trout

The weather was wonderful for March and the river was running very clear with plenty of height. No salmon showing anywhere but we pressed on anyway. There was a significant hatch of March Browns at lunch time. Only saw 2 fish rise and we failed to connect with any. A lovely beat though and some really helpful advice from the owner and Lynn - many thanks to both. We will return later in the season.