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River still carying a bit of colour, but very fishable. Slow afternoon under a hot sun. Plenty of mayflies about, but fish not on to them yet. Two of us managed about a dozen trout from 8"-13" to mostly nymphs. A bit of an evening rise at 8pm, in which I managed two on a dry mayfly. Clouds of red spinners about at 9pm, but we needed to get home, so probably missed a rise at dusk.
There has been a wonderful job of clearing the balsam on this beat. Well done.

No fish seen or caught.

Very hot, bright day. Delightful little stream for a short session. 6 wbt taken on tups indispensible, nothing more than 6 inches though some larger fish seen. All returned.

Two WBT 8/9" gold head ptn, no fish rising, otter tracks and spraint, fairly fresh, one animal, explains above! 6hrs fishing! snagged on a heavy telescopic landing net, with flip type head, anyone like to claim it please email, by condition been in the river less than two weeks, perhaps the foundation could set up a lost and found section?!

One brown trout caught late in the evening.

Hazy sunshine then strong hot wind. Val took a half pound fish from the Bottom Pool in the morning. Three more small 8-10 ins. fish were taken on small adams in the pool near the top on the bend, where the challenging wind was less of an issue, and finally a one pound fish on a suspended nymph, lower down the beat where the rock ridges cross the river. Five fish for the day-best fish a pound. All returned. We noted that the sand Martins nesting last year below the bend at the top of the beat in the earth bank have moved to Sewage Pool- maybe because of the earlier floods?

The weather was far from suitable for trout fishing (28 deg C in Leominster) and the river was quite coloures.
The mayfly hatch was sporadic to say the least, but we did manage a couple of fish (best 12").

Both rods caught small brown trout on the upper part of the beat. Small cdc emergers and ptn the most successful flies.
Please note that the installation of a new fence at the top end of the beat has severely limited access to the water.

A very hot day. Water quite coloured, a few mayfly coming off mid-day. No fish caught.

After a long walk up through woods to discover the end of the beat, we were rewarded with a fantastic stretch of river with which to try our luck. Wading was fairly easy with little of the treacherous river bed boulders and slabs experienced in other stretches of the Usk. We both fairly quickly managed to bag an 11" trout on dries in fast water. Further up river the opportunites reduced a little and in some places, fallen trees and deep water made access a little challenging. Sport slowed later in the day but we had some chances and missed them. Up river from the road bridge worth a try but on water wasn't quite as nice as the downstream stretches. All in, a fantastic day in truly awesome surroundings. Hope to be back soon.