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2 Trout Caught on the Penpont beat.

1st - 08oz (est) on a Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph
2nd - 4lb (est)on an unweighted GRHE nymph

A beautiful beat in stunning countryside. Very changeable weather throughout the day but fish seen rising from mid morning onwards, failed to bring any to the net however.

Cracking day with a double figure catch of trout, the best was just under 2.5lbs. Some good hatches of Yellow Mays, Medium Olives, Grannom and even some March Browns which the trout hammered.

Fishing was on a cold day. River water dirty but fishable.
Lots of sedge coming off the water throughout the day. Fish didnt seem to be feeding on them. One small brown and 2 salmon parr on bead head nymphs and adams dry.

March Browns coming off water at 3pm when fish turned on for about 25 minutes. 4 browns, 2 of which were a 2.5lb hen and a 1.5 lb cock fish. Best fish I have taken in river.
Great result after a slow start!!

6 Trout 1/2lb - 1lb. Two on nymph (beaded hares ear & pheasant tail) rest on dry fly (grey bodied klinkhammer and parachute adams). Lots hatching between the rain showers.

A lovely beat. Several fish seen rising but none taken to the net.

Thanks. Catch return: 1 rather surprised brown trout. There was a nice hatch of May fly and the trout were rising, but not to my flies! The South African chap on the beat landed a couple of very nice brown trout.

Lovely day but obviously I am a bit rusty.

Fished on Saturday (and on Tuesday after the river had cleared). Lovely beat. Caught (with partner Becca) 7 on first day, 13 or so on next all on dry fly and all to consistent rises. Was delighted to see biggest March Brown hatch I have seen on the Usk in seven years although we caught mainly on LDO (and Grannom imitations) just as we do every year. Must try a March Brown soon! Lovely beat, good weekend to fish it.

2 x trout 12 inches and 18 inches. The larger fish was a lovely fat one. Everybody got excited (including the fish for a short time) about a supposed march brown hatch that afternoon. I took specimens of a male and female, and when I got home came to the conclusion they are probably large brook dun. I will send them in - see what you think. We are now well into May (although it feels more like April) and I haven't identified a definite march brown yet from the Usk.

Very nice beat with a good mixture of fly and spinnng. Unfortunately we didn't catch a thing. Arrived at 9.30 am just after high tide, so a little late and stayed until 7 pm. The only hint of a fish was a nibble on my spinner from a very small brown trout.

As to why we didn't see a fish? Maybe because we had no real rain in the prior 2 weeks. Maybe because we had a hard late winter, who knows?