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First time fishing this river so I wasn't sure what to expect. I used an 8 footer but a 6/7 footer would've been better as it's mostly fishing in tight spots. The river was running low & clear and it looked like it needed a bit more water to bring some of the pools to life and add a bit of depth to the runs. Hardly any risers though it was morning and cooler than recent weeks. Not much in the way of fly life. The bits I could fish I had four and lost one. 3 were on a nymph including 2 x cracking 14" fish.
The ones I caught were all d/s of the farm where the access is much trickier.

An interesting session and glad I went down.

4 Trout

Absolutely awesome day. Quietened down towards the end of the day but a great days fishing was had.

16 Trout

One shad landed and another dropped off on a spinner, great beat lots of decent swims, no salmon seen, lot of mayfly hatching but weirdly no trout or chub active.

1 Other

Parachute Adams dry fly. Trout holding in deep pools and rising mostly in the afternoon. Some trout were in 12 to 18 inch deep riffles. My guide was Oliver Burch. Great guide and teacher! Wonderful day on the Usk!!!

12 Trout

Plenty of fish rising but struggled for takes, finally got one on a small black gnat. Lovely day.

1 Trout

Lovely small brownies in perfect condition. Access to the top third of the beat is limited due to new fencing.

5 Trout

3 Trout

4 Trout

Only fished a few hours in the afternoon. Despite the level only sitting at 1’3” on the gauge, the river was carrying a lot of colour and only just worth fishing with a salmon fly. Shad are still a bit of a nuisance.

6 Other

Fished for few hours in the evening. Nice to see so many insects on the water but although trout were rising frequently, I couldn’t work out what they were taking. One trout on a tiny CDC dry, then three more after changing to a team of wets. Two decent fish of just over a pound and all took a snipe and purple.

4 Trout