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Thought it might be of interest to record that at last the Usk trout seem to be looking up! Fished 10-4 p.m. with the Brecon guage at 11-12" and the river running clear but still at 6 deg C. It wasn't too windy from mid-late morning either and quite sunny at times, which probably explains why I witnessed some Grannom, albeit not yet many, in several hatches between 10 and 1 p.m. Fish were seen rising to and sometimes clearly missing these! Add to these from around midday, a respectable number of March Browns and later some LDOs, and there was clearly enough fly to get fish rising at last. Although I had one fish on a Grannom pupa emerger, the majority of the rest were taken on a March Brown Duck's Dun. With about half of the fish of 15-16", it all made for a rewarding day to be on the river. All fish returned.

12 Trout

I thought river in near perfect condition, lovely day, lots of insect activity (for the time of year) including some large up-wings which to me looked like mayflies with large sail like wings, long tails, and flopping about on the water in classic fashion. Only issue - NO FISH! Nothing caught and not a sign of anything seen despite both careful observation and wading in looking for disturbed fish shooting off.

Didn't arrive till 2pm. By 2.30 had a nice 15 inch trout in the net. Caught on downstream beaded wet. Fished on till seven sadly nothing more. It's a lovely beat but wading is tough a staff is essential I think.

1 Trout

River high after rain making fishing almost impossible. Found two fish in a little corner - 1 to nymph (6") - 1 to dry fly (14"). Large hatch of March Browns mode afternoon.

2 Trout

A mix of sunny spells and cloud, light downstream breeze, and clear water. Nymphs fished quite deep proved most successful, but we had great sport on dry flies during a sudden hatch at around 2:30 - only for about 20 minutes - but made our day !

13 Trout

Lovely day out, hard fishing in the cold wind.

Cloudy with sunny periods. River low and clear. No success with nymphs early on, but several hatches after 1pm (some March Browns, lots of olives), and 5 trout caught and returned on dries, two good fish.

5 Trout

Cloudy with sunny spells, low and clear river. Caught and returned two trout, one 18", on nymphs from edge of fast shallow water. Olives hatching later in day, missed several and caught and returned one on dries...

3 Trout

Quiet. Only 1 possible bite. Lots of evidence of use of power bait balls around the area we were fishing.

Fish taken on upstream nymph. Good hatch of March Browns but not many fish rising for them. Best trout about 1.25lb. All fish returned.

4 Trout