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Chilly start no wind. A number of trout rising over the gravels taking micro flies. Managed to hook and land a 12" trout which took a March Brown dry fly, in a pool by the exposed rocky area on the corner, around mid day. Bright and sunny in the afternoon. Fish stopped rising. No luck with nymphs. Water level very low and very clear. Nice day out.

1 Trout

River v. low and bright sunshine. Few fly. Hard! One caught and two on and off. Beautiful spring day though.

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3 Trout

A lovely few hours on this beat. No real hatch/rise today. All caught on a jingler in the faster runs. River desperately needs some rain!

9 Trout

3 Trout

Intense but very brief March Brown hatch about 11am

3 Trout

11 landed and another 8 missed chances. Consistent trickle of March Browns from 10am-4pm, the most prolific hatch being at about 1100.

Not much surface activity but the fish still rose freely to the dry fly in the faster riffles especially.

The biggest two were battle scarred old brutes and with very worn fins akin to a stocked fish - not expected in an Usk Brown, usually fin perfect.

11 Trout

River fairly low but running clear and looked in excellent condition. Caught a couple of lovely trout trout in the morning but the afternoon was quiet after a good hatch and rise around lunchtime.

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Couldn’t have asked for a more perfect early Spring day. Having worked my way up from the bridge I was lucky enough to arrive at the riffly pool half way up the best just when the hatch started. By the time it ended - not much more than forty five minutes later I’d somehow managed to catch six (and dropped two more). All on a jingler. My remaining fish came on a nymph. A beautiful day.

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All caught on wet flies between about 1200 and 1400 during a March Brown hatch

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