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Blank. It's getting to seem quite normal to be fishing a pool in falling snow with the air temperature at 2 degrees. There's something to be said for a salmon day at the moment as the use of two hands keeps you that much warmer. No action, though a few hefty trout decided to bang into the tube fly while fishing down the Rock Pool. One was one of those silvery Usk trout which sometimes get mistaken for peal.

3 Trout

Cold and wind switching up and downstream making casting the fly challenging. River slowly fining down and looking good but water still too cold. Only 3 boats passed by.

My first visit to the Usk catchment, no fish caught. The hills were still snow covered, the wind biting and the water temperature was 3 degrees celcius, so those are my excuses.

Only fished for a couple of hours. Had one just over a pound and lost another.

1 Trout

Worm.

2 Trout

River coloured, very cold. Only saw one March Brown hatch mid afternoon. No fish showing whatsoever. Fished upstream, downstream with nymphs, wets and dries to no avail. Quite a lot of agricultural litter trapped in bankside shrubs (sacks, twine, tyres, etc). Wading mildly uncomfortable due to depth, flow, water clarity and river bottom.
Would still fish here again, but when it's warmer and clearer (so fish could be seen) with a better chance of a hatch.

Water still very high ,still snow on higher ground .windy and cold.

3 x trout 10-12 inches on Tungsten Hare's Ear nymph, 16 x out of season grayling 6-15 inches on spiders near the surface. About as cold as it has been all month, which is very cold indeed, both water and air. The trout don't seem to have entered into the spirit of summer time yet and stayed obdurately on the bottom. Out of season grayling, however, obviously thought it was still late winter and just a few large dark olives provoked rises quite freely from them. We do seem to be stuck in this unfortunate weather pattern.
Meanwhile the Usk has also continued to be pretty tough. Small hatches of large dark olives have produced a few rises, but often lasting for only 10 minutes or so. The occasional March Brown has been reported from the Abergavenny area, but not in any significant quantity.

3 Trout

R B took an 8lb fresh salmon with sea lice. Caught at 2.45pm on a yellow belly Devon minnow. M H assisted with the landing.

1 Salmon

A tough day. Blustery winds and water a touch high I fancy. No fish seen and no pulls. Some cracking water for the fly though.
Note for anyone fishing this beat for the first time - If you are parking on the left bank and following the map, DO NOT attempt to stick to the track around the field unless you have 4x4. I tried it and lost - car grounded wheels spinning. Couldnt dig it out or jack it up enough. I went for a wander and luckily a hero from the electricity work procured a 4x4 and pulled me out, but only after 3 hrs of futile attempts by myself. It seems that regulars keep away from the track as the field is pretty flat. WUF - may be a good idea to do some hole filling if the farmer values his field!