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Bright and sunny; warm, no wind to speak of. No salmon seen or touched; occasional trout rises. But a lovely day.

Wet fly downstream. River still fairly high and cold.
Three brown trout 1 - 1.5lbs. One kept.

3 Trout

5 x trout 9-12 inches. Stopped by for a while on my way from Gloucester to Swansea and found the river running cold and high (so wading was hard work), but it was at least clear. Very few fly seen - just a few dark olives and a couple of March Browns - and no rises, but a few modest trout were prepared to come up to spiders. Regular local anglers tell me that this part of the river has fished quite well lately and a few 2 pounders have been taken this spring.

5 Trout

10 x trout 11 - 17 inches, on spiders, mainly Woodcock and Hare's Lug, and the last three on a Deer Hair Emerger. A good day, warmish but not too bright, water at a nice level. I fished from 10 to around 2.30. There were just two, short (about 15 minutes each) march brown hatches which had fish showing their heads in the fast water at the heads of pools.

10 Trout

A lovely days fishing. Unfortunately no fish caught but there were fish visibly present. Only slightly spoiled when I had to have words with a local who was throwing a stick into the river for his dog where I was fishing and then continued to do so within a few yards of where I moved to.

My first ever Brown trout caught on a dry fly so really chuffed. Had read up on the benefits of a wet and dry duo which worked great. Caught 5 between half to one pound, missed 4. A great afternoon of fishing which taught this amateur lots - can't wait for my next trip. Thanks to the fisherman by the bridge who provided useful local advice.

5 Trout

7 x trout 9-14 inches, on spiders, Waterhen Bloa and Woodcock and Hare's Lug. Despite a very chilly downstream wind, the river seems to be providing a little more action now and there was no need for the heavy nymphs this time. A slow trickle hatch of march browns went on through the middle of the day and large dark olives were about as well. Fish were rising, although so far they seemed to be showing a preference for the olives. It was remarkable how they moved forward into the fast water to take hatching fly as the day progressed. GW of London, in his recent report on Ashford House, asked whether people think the march brown is making a come-back on the Usk? I have the impression it is, and have lately seen it almost on a daily basis in various parts of the river. It does seem to taking the fish a while to switch on to them, but I'm sure they will do so once the hatches become intense. The period of activity seems to be from around 11 to maybe 3 (as it was today) and at this time of year, if you see a rising fish, you have a very good chance of persuading it to take.

7 Trout

First fishing day of the season and great to wet a line. Tried heavy weighted nymphs ie hare's ear & pheasant tail nymph with a team of spiders to no avail. On the moments the sun came out also tried an up stream dry such as a klinkhammer but no takers. No bites all day. Nevertheless it was a bright and sunny Spring day.

Two nice brownies, the biggest about a pound caught on a gold head hare's ear. The river was running clear and a few fish were rising to the dry. A very enjoyable morning.

2 Trout

2 trout of around 10 inches caught on a March Brown dry fly. Although very few March Browns were hatching despite good conditions for them, small olives were the dominant species and fish were free rising surprising for an extended time up until 3.30pm. River is crystal clear.

2 Trout