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Cold - fish perhaps in a hypothermic stupor or just stunned by my fumblings on first seasons expedition...either way did not trouble my net. Very brief meagre hatch of march browns when sun came out, couple of rises but was over no sooner i had tied on a dry. Couple of pulls on nymphs but got off. Lovely stretch of water ... good mix of water...will come back.

First time this season, good day out and great fishing. Had 3 on an orange spinner and 5 off bottom very little rising for surface food.

8 Trout

A terrific day, on a splendid beat, again. We took fish throughout the beat, all around 1lb. and all in good condition.Very small weighted nymph patterns proved most successful - we saw sparse hatches late morning, but not enough to prompt a go with dries.
Water was cold and clear and whilst wading was straightforward, there are some stretches where the water really pushes through.

14 Trout

A really good day. Sporadic hatches of LDOs and the odd flurry of March Browns. Fish rising very enthusiastically during hatches so catching on a dry fly (jingler) was easy. The size of fish caught was staggering. 3 fish of 1lb 13oz and one just over 2lb. Two more similar sized fish hooked and lost. Two otters busy fishing at the bottom of the beat, apparently unconcerned by my presence. 4 goosanders and one cormorant.
Pen y Fan covered in snow but weather was reasonably warm with little wind and some sun. Hatches were right on cue. Started at 11am and came to a full stop at 2.30pm.

4 Trout

Arrived early to beat 2 and fished hard till lunch time. The water was perfect for the fly but no salmon seen. Two nice trout fell to a 2 inch posh tosh. In the afternoon I moved downstream to beats 5 and 6 where I fished for a few hours but with no fish caught. I met Terry at midday - as always he was very helpful showing me the good places. A nice day out.

2 Trout

Nice bit of water, quite a long beat. Fish moved to LDO, hatch started at 11:04 and ended at 14:35ish. Lots of fish moving in some of the bigger slower pools. Weather was warm (9 to 10 c) and the wind (north east) did not get up. Would definitely fish here again. fish rose to small cdc emergers.

14 Trout

A lovely early spring day with large dark olives, march browns, red kites and daffodils. Acquaintance made with three charming brown trout of 15", 12" and a fine 18". A great way to start the season. Some while since I last fished Glanusk. It's a pity about the increasing urbanisation: sign posts, rubber safety rings etc!!

3 Trout

Good day but river still a little high for the fly. Lot of work going into maintenance of the beat. Thank you to Mick for his helpful guidance. Will certainly book again when river down a bit. Can't wait!

Fish caught on nymphs and dries. Nothing to shout about but all fish in good condition, best trout was 14" and 4 silvery smolts. This beat has a great variety of water for its length making it a great place to practice different methods.

10 Trout, 4 Other

11 x trout 10-18 inches, Tungsten Hare's Ear, Waterhen Bloa, Bastard Adams and Jingler. This is the MTAA's Usk water just upstream from Abergavenny. Plenty of water coming down, and the river seems particularly cold at the moment. It was a truly horrible day for weather, cold and with a drizzling rain running down the back of the neck. You would not have thought there would be much doing, but the Usk was in a mood to be kind. Started with nymphs, the first large dark olive duns seen around midday, went on with spiders and finally took the last four fish on dry fly with quite a number of rises going on in various parts of the pool. Some very nice fish too - the bag included two at 15 inches, one at 16 inches, and one at 18 inches, all in nice condition if slimmer than they will be later in the year. Stuart Jarvis'Bastard Adams definitely out-fished the Jingler, when I tried them both. The hatch and all rises finished quite abruptly at 2.30, but then, as if insects were changing shifts, a rather sparse hatch of march browns began - the first I have seen this year. I waited around to see if the trout would react again, but they didn't, presumably being replete with olives by that time. I went off home happily enough.

11 Trout