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Fished 8 till 5 p.m. Trallong gauge 0.26m, so getting low. Cool start at 12 degrees and then got to a fish-unfriendly 26 degrees by mid-afternoon. The water is now at 15 degrees so, as for the last ten days, there are insects on the river at last. Saw surprisingly few Olive Uprights, hardly any Yellow Mays and not much sign of fish feeding on gnats in any afternoon shade today, but plenty of Large Brook Duns. Once the sun appeared at about 10 a.m. there was a hatch of smallish olives which got fish rising until midday when, as the hatch ceased, so did the rises, apart from a few oncers here and there. Saw a few mayfly as well. Had eight fish from 10 -14"; the 14" fish were around 1.5lb, so well fed. Fish taken on LDB and dark olive Duck's Duns, and a couple on a size 12 HE parachute whilst fishing duo in the afternoon. Very hard and very spooky fishing, so quite pleased with the result on the day. Missed or jagged over half as many again as well - not good! Saw quite a few large spinners during the day so the evening may have held promise. Must go back soon and stay for the evening rise.

8 Trout

First trip out this season - Usk looking beautiful and Penpont as lovely a setting as always. River was clear - trickle of large olives (but not very dark!) and brook duns until the middle of the afternoon when we had a rain squall which dropped the temperature several degrees and put things back to winter mode.
Fish spooky in the bright conditions - fished dries all day as is our wont, managed two wbt of 9 and 13 inches on para ginger quills, two other better fish were lost, 1 to long distance C&R and another big fish which smashed the tippet at the first lunge.
Thanks to Chris in the office for helping with booking - we left it until the morning as rain was forecast the previous night - but it didn't materialise!
The spookiness of the fish was probably exacerbated by their being fished the previous two days. I wonder if there is any way the web bookings could be amended so it is possible to see recent bookings? Would help with making an informed choice when selecting a beat - catch returns often don't appear for a couple of days afterwards (case in point! Sorry)

2 Trout

Much cooler windier day than the day before. Still a few mayfly present, but I continued with the beaded nymphs. Lost two fish, netted one - about 8 inches.

1 Trout

Low water, clear and cool downstream wind. Nothing all day despite varying methods and using 12-15ft leaders to 3lb. trickle of olives but nothing rising to take.

Warm conditions - some mayfly hatching, but generally very few rising fish. No joy with spiders, so reverted to beaded nymphs which took all three fish - around the 6-8 inches mark.

3 Trout

1 Trout

1 Trout

Parr

1 Other

The rivers were high and coloured so we never bothered to drive up