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Gusts of wind and slightly coloured water made things tricky, but I was determined to cover as much surface of this lovely beat as possible with dry flies. Caught two small but beautiful brown trout on the lower part. Twice during the afternoon, during lulls in the wind, the river almost started boiling with hatching flies. Not much surface feeding activity to go with it though. I retreated happy to the Hay festival and cocktails at Groucho Club :)

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Water good but very few fish seen. 2 tiny trout caught and returned.

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We were looking for a day of dry fly fishing - from 12 - 3 o'clock there was plenty of fly life and the fish duly obliged - it took us a while to work out they were taking emerging flies and once we changed to fish a CDC emerger - 4 fish came in quick succession. And then it was over, the fly life disappeared and for 2 hours we looked longingly at the river with barely a rise before packing up and heading home.

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A very cold and windy day, so difficult to cast successfully! We saw no fish, but enjoyed the scenery. A local dog walker told us that there is a brood of nine Goosander chicks upstream from the stone bridge at the first access point to the river....

Cold, strong downstream wind. Considerable fly life, but not too much surface activity from fish. 6 small WBT on dries and nymphs. Very nice beat. My friend have seen a 3rd person fishing on our bank- we were not aware that anybody else booked the beat for that day.
WUF Note: The owner of this beat reserves the right to fish an extra rod every day of the week. This is stated on the beat's webpage description.

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Fish up to sixteen inches. The best two caught on black beaded flashback nymphs with five smaller fish on dries. I'm not sure what type of flies though. They were small brown caddis I think. River was slightly coloured but level was very manageable. Quite a nice stretch for a days fishing.

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Perfect fishing conditions. River slightly discoloured. Nothing caught Saw other anglers fishing the same beat ahead of me.
WUF Note: Cefn Rhosan Fawr is mostly single bank fishing so it is quite possible that the other anglers were legitimate. That said, there have been reports of 2 anglers illegally fishing this part of the Usk (maroon coloured Range Rover). Anyone seen spinning at this time of year should be reported asap to the emergency line 0800 80 70 60.

Water seemed just right - up a bit from the week before. Weather cool with showers. We each caught a nice trout 1¼lb and 1½lb around midday. Then things slowed down until a rise about 2pm enabled us to get two more a bit under 1lb on a dry fly. Two more tiddlers later in the afternoon.

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A lovely day to choose to go fishing; after the deluge and before the gales! I'm rarely as lucky as this. The beat looked ravishing and there were flies to behold. False March Browns, I think. But the trout weren't interested and few rises were seen during the day. But prospecting with a large dry fly produced results and 3 small trout were caught. The large Ephemeroptera disappeared by mid day and I put on a nymph and caught another 3 trout from streamier sections of the river. In the afternoon I found 2 fish rising in a slow glide, managed to rise them both to a small dry fly and of course, pricked one and failed to hook the other.
Red kites, swallows, martins, wagtails and dippers added to a delightful day.

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