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Not a wiff of a fish.... despite a big Grannom hatch going on for most of the day only saw one small trout show. The river looked in good shape, and scenary beautiful, but there was just a strange lack of life in the water. Could be the cold wind gusting up the valley, bringing the temperatures down after a balmy Saturday, but it was not to be.
Fished fly all day for much needed casting practice

River looked great but no contact made and nothing seen.

Whitney Court beat 4. Fresh 20+ LB fish to David Dugdale on spinner. Sunday afternoon. The only angler on the beat - what a waste.

1 Salmon

Did not see a fin all day until 18:45 when I hooked and lost low twenties fish after extensive play.

2 Trout

A warm start to the day gave way to the usual lunchtime downstream (Northerly) wind but the steady rain forecast did not materialise. There were fish smutting when we arrived, mainly small fish, and later hatches of olives. However, fish did not feed steadily except for one ten-minute spell when activity noticeably increased. This was at about 2.30 pm after I had started to think there would be no meaningful response from the trout today, but thereafter duns mainly sailed past untaken.
I caught on a dark - too dark - olive parachute, fish of approx 6 and 14 oz, but was also refused with this pattern in the busier period, and one of around 11 oz on conventional Greenwell's. No good on nymphs and shrimps, as experience has taught, but their time will come.
It was good to see oystercatchers and sandpipers on this long-awaited first trip of 2013 to the Usk, less good to watch goosander jetting past overhead. At this rate my intended camping break in the valley in early May is going to feel more like an Easter trip!

3 Trout

Cold day, nothing caught

No salmon caught, nothing to report.

Didn't see any fish, but they were there as two were caught by others. River a little high. Lovely day.

Very enjoyable day fishing the full length of the beat in the company of Colin Richardson. Conditions were excellent although only one salmon showed itself.
A blank was saved by a beautifully conditioned pike of 15 pounds which took a Flying C at last knockings, in the bay in front of the fishing hut.

1 Pike

Lovely beat fished by two of us, spent most of the day on the fly and focussed on Maddox, Corner Tree and Vanstone. Hooked into a a very good fish (est. between 20-30lbs) on a 2 1/2" black and yellow tube fished deep at the bottom of Vanstone, unfortunately lost it having played the fish for 10 mins. Hooked into another fish late in the day in the middle of the glide into the Vanstone on a pbp but also lost. All in all a great day on a well kept beat - we will be back!