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I took a spectator along with me so I didn't get as much out of this beat as I should have done, as I didn't wade too far from the bank and didn't spend too long here. It's a grand stretch of river. I didn't see many fish move. I rose one to a klinkhammer but in my haste I snatched the fly away from it.
There is a footpath running down the side of the beat, giving access to the water at various points along its length.

Hot and bright and water a bit low didn't make for easy fishing. Dog walkers throwing balls into the river and sunbathers all day put the middle section of the river out of action. Still a lovely place to spend a day waving a rod around.

1 Trout

Very hot, did not see any rising fish, had a few follows on nymphs but by mid day the swimmers muddied the water up and all it went dead from there on.
Lovely day though.

Weather conditions were warm and sunny. There were few trout to be seen all day. Minimal hatches of Mayfly from around 4 pm and still barely any rising fish. We caught 4 small WBT on Nymphs and returned them safely. When we left around 6 pm the temperature was 22 degrees celsius. A beautiful summer day made up partially for the meagre sport.

4 Trout

Beautiful day on the river with some excellent conditions. We have several fish daily early in the day and later in the afternoon. Most fish fell to a klinkhammer or GRHE fished upstream. Lost one very good fish early in the day which wrapped its self round a rock!

12 Trout

This beat can provide challenging wading but the water levels were perfect allowing access to most areas. Weather conditions were also perfect but unfortunately the fish weren't cooperating. Total and utter blank, no activity seen.

A difficult day today, we walked the beat last night and the place was alive with hatching insects and rising trout taking what they could before the swallows took their share. This morning was a different scene with very few insects, the swallows had lost interest and the trout had vanished back into the watery depths. My fishing buddy had one on a gold headed nymph early on and then struggled to get a take although he did rise a few fish to dries later in the afternoon.
First thing in the morning I found a good trout sipping at the surface leaving barely a dimple but showing its dorsal and flicking it's tail as it did so but it was over on the far bank with three different speeds of flow between it and me which pulled my dry fly out of shape every time I got near it. I gave it up as uncatchable and moved on. Several hours later I found myself confronted with the same fish in the same place feeding the same way, by now it was a stunning sunny afternoon and standing in the clear water mid river was a glorious place to be, I tried for the fish again, covering it several times, but then I got my fly to land and drift in the right place just long enough to get a take and I was soon netting a fabulous trout of 20 inches. This was the biggest of the day but I had others of 14 and 15 inches. A difficult but rewarding day on a beautiful stretch of river, will definitely be back for more. Thank you WUF.

8 Trout

River still running quite high for this tricky wading beat, (river temperature is more than refreshing still!)but this year the Usk is fishing extremely well, think water temperatures have remained low. Caught on nymph in pocket and dry in flats. Great to see smaller <6inch trout being caught showing the population of trout thriving as long as we all practice careful catch and release. The Usk is a gem, lets keep it that way.

18 Trout

6 trout 10-13inches. Mostly in the flats to nymphs today. Beautiful place to spend the day.

6 Trout

River running very fast and deep. Not good conditions after a lot of unexpected heavy rain. Not ideal access to this beat as parking in the village can be tricky.