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Fished the river Usk again, this time further upstream at Penpont. What a difference. River in excellent condition but a severe absence of fish. Terry did manage to catch 3 small WBT . I did not get even a single take all day. Tried every trick in the book to no avail. Another angler who fishes here a lot and gave me some great advice on how to fish this stretch, many thanks for that, he fared only slightly better by taking 2 very small WBT very early in the day and then blanked right up into the evening when we left at 9pm. Don't know if he had any fish after this. Goodness knows what had happened to the fishing compared to what we were told it was like the week before. ( It's always good the week before or the week after we leave it seems!!! or so we are told) All the weekend rain probably caused the change although the river looked in perfect form. Guess the fish had gone away for the Jubilee celebrations and had not yet returned!!!! Ho Hum.

6 Brown trout caught between the 3 rods. three 6 to 7", two 10 to 11" and one about 13".
4 were taken on the dry, F-Fly, Adams and 2 on a hackled pheasant tail.

Thanks to Simon in office for help and advice. One brown trout of about 8 ounces on dry parachute adams just below upper bridge neck about 4.30pm
Thoroughly enjoyed the day - learnt so much. I just wish i didn't live 5 hours away in broadstairs Kent.

Fished 9-1pm. 1xBT caught on gold bead PTN between the Flats and Fence End. Mustela lutreola seen by House Gutter. Water flowing fast after rain yesterday.

4 trout caught on a tan size 16 DHE.

A cold wet day with a very low river. Brown algae coated the bed making for slippery wading. Few fish seen and I blanked.
Fished the following day that started with similar weather That cleared into beautiful sunshine. Caught one decent fish on nymph, again very limited surface activity. Lovely surroundings.

A drizzly and cold day. Some sporadic spinner rises but fishing difficult. Caught half a dozen tiddlers and parrs. Some decent fish moving about but very skittish and in difficult to access part of river.

1 x trout,returned. Emerger pattern. Bright sunny day but with difficult downstream wind.

Two rods fished all day in hot sunshine for a total catch of one 7 inch trout. A beautiful beat but fish were simply not responding in the hot weather.

Challenging days fishing due to bright conditions. Fish very picky and only responding to very light tackle (8x leader - size 20 flies) despite excellent hatches. 2 caught and returned. Excellent day.