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Lovely stretch. Water almost gin clear. Fishing quite hard. I saw three rises all day; rose one of them but missed it. Herons preceeded me up the beat. No luck on any dry fly. I caught two fish both on a beaded black ptn by fishing downstream into the tail of a fall. However one of these was one of the biggest fish I have caught on the Usk. When it took my nymph and jumped out of the water it was so big I thought it was a salmon! I had positioned myself on the rocks of the falls and had to make a pretty undignified dash to the water below landing the beauty after a really spirited fight. I released the monster trout for another day.

2 Trout

Fish caught on daddy long legs just under the surface half way down the gravel stream about 4pm. Wild brown trout about ten inches long. Beautiful stretch of river - can't wait to come back. Thank you.

1 Trout

Shad x1

1 Other

We fished through the beat once in the morning and then again after lunch. The morning session was 'quiet' with just a few fish rising and nothing taking nymphs although the only 2 fish to net came in this session - both about 6". In the afternoon there was a mayfly hatch and there were more fish rising but very difficult to hook. SC had a big fish on (2-3lb) but failed to net it. A nice bright day with an upstream breeze which helped casting. Although the beat description says it was coppiced a few years ago (I think it is more like 7) the beat does need some tidying up to open up some pools and runs.

2 Trout

Gusty conditions but much better than the forecast. The river was another world today, alive with flies of all shapes and sizes from midges to mayfly and even a few big stoneflies. The fish were lying low. Very few rises despite the fly life. Either replete or feeding off the emerging nymphs. Perhaps the chilly wind was keeping them down. A fascinating day on the river.

A lovely pool just above the Bridge was followed by quite a long stretch of unappealing water. Eventually the beat started to look better but the fishing was not easy. One of us fished deep nymphs downstream in fast water and caught 6 fish mostly in the first deep fast corner pool. The other persevered with upstream mayfly and caught nothing. We did not fish all the way to the top of the beat but headed off to spend the rest of our day on the Middle Llynfi Dulas.

3 Trout, 3 Grayling

perch

2 Trout, 2 Other

Very poor fishing.

1 Trout

Lovely place but very hard work for me I'm 58 but I will be back.

2 Trout

An entertaining afternoon and evening on the Arrow. Fish were rising but the stiff downstream breeze made it a challenge targeting them with a 3 weight line.
There was enough activity to keep me interested from start to finish. A trickle of large Mayfly hatched during the afternoon. Just occasionally one was taken by a trout (sometimes by a bird) but they were mostly ignored, along with my imitations. However, I had plenty of fun with a Rusty Klinkhammer. It brought significantly more fish to the surface than I could hook, four came to hand. I also had another three to a size 16 weighted GRHE including a beautiful, plump and strong 12 inch trout from the pool just below Mill House.

7 Trout