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10 trout to 13", all caught on nymphs in the fast water.

10 Trout

Fished from about 14:30 until 19:30.
Water temp reading 13 degrees.
Fish were rising intermittently and a few mayfly about.
Had 3 Browns on the dry but only landed one.

Euro nymphed a faster riffle later on and had another 2 Browns, but landed none!
Probably should have spent more time euro nymphing the faster water.
Would have had more fish, I suspect and with that water temp, fish will start moving into the quicker water to feed.

I couldn’t make out what they were eating on the surface.
Definitely something very small and despite changing and downsizing my dries, my flies were rejected more than a few times.

Interesting day and not a bad day all things considered.

1 Trout

Brilliant warm sunshine with a cold upstream “gale”. Got a couple on a dun during a brief morning mb hatch then nothing.
A pleasant place to be but is it worth £43 per day?

2 Trout

Sunny, windy day with river low and clear. Nice beat but bank access needs some work to justify the ticket price .

2 Trout

A much cooler day. One very brief hatch with no takers.

A sunny morning and warmer than it has been. I get the impression that the fish are barely out of Winter mode. Not much food in the drift and little bug life. There was a short window when bugs did start to come off - March browns I think - and one or two good fish did start rising, an opportunity I promptly messed up. The rise probably lasted no more than half an hour. I did manage two fish on a single nymph fished deep. Both were clonkers. The first was two and a half and fought hard and fast. The second was a tired old warrior of three and a half. I don’t know who was more shocked.

2 Trout

2 Trout

Dufnant is a beautiful, secluded feeling place even on a day that started gray and finished in proper stair-rod downpours. I found it quite hard going, not straightforward to fish - especially on a decidedly not dry fly day - and a tough wade to boot. For the first hour I neither caught nor saw or trout even in some promising riffly water. Then I caught one - a beautiful purple brownie of a pound plus, then another, and so it went. And I caught more or less steadily thereafter. But the day (the week? the year?) was made by one terrifying, glorious beast of 3lb 2oz.

17 Trout

Not much doing - a handful of smaller fish, up to 14", on duo PTN, then a bit of a late evening rise, when a size 14 Grey Wulff worked a bit. Very accommodating hosts, and a beautiful beat and surroundings, including very vocal sandpipers (who clearly had a nest)

5 Trout

Small trout caught on nymph in tail of Mary Anne pool (and released). We received an excellent service from the Fishing Passport who were v helpful booking an evening beat at the last minute on Friday 24 May. We had a wonderful weekend of 2.5 days fishing on the Usk, such a beautiful river. Thank you Wye & Usk Foundation!

1 Trout