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Rather blustery day with low water levels and some intermittent squalls. 7 trout caught on the top half of the beat. 4 off the top on a mix of dry’s and 3 underneath on the nymph. A very enjoyable day had under challenging condidions.

Caught 14 trout up to 16in on March Brown.

Lovely beat. Not very lovely weather, i.e. high winds and rain. Managed three trout between 6 and 10 inches on a duo-cast with a parachute Adams dropper and GRHE on the point.

Booked as a day's mayfly fishing for two of my regulars. There were very few mayfly about but plenty of BWO's. The guys had a great day catching 11 BT and about the same number of out of season Grayling.

Species caught:

3 x grayling (12-14 inch)
1 x trout (12 inch)
several small trout

Fly: Czech Nymph

River only 5 inches above summer level. Good day on dry flies using tupps and adams to land 7 trout of 7 oz to 1.25 lb mainly at or below the rock. Lost one over 2lb at the rock sill on an upstream cast tupps 14. Weather dry and overcast.

Booked to fish the Courtfield beat and Don Macer Wright kindly allowed me to fish Wyebank too. This is a beautiful pacey beat - perfect for fly with some interesting challenges. Saw a good salmon which appeared to be travelling through.
When the conditions are right I think this beat will be superb. Looking forward to fishing it again.

fished from about 7pm and expected to see some surface activity but there was little. Pricked four fish on an Adams and hooked but lost a reasonable fish in the tail of the second pool on the beat. Very windy evening with stormy showers. Chap fishing with spinner on the beat....thought it was fly only!
WUF NOTE: The other rod shouldn't have been there and this incident has been reported to the owner. This beat is fly only.

Even after a little rain last night the river is still very low. Very windy, almost gail force at times! and hence very little insect life on the wing. Three trout from the more sheltered spots on nymphs before the wind and the debris beat me.

Heavy overnight rain meant the Usk had risen almost 1 foot and was very coloured. Add to that the downstream gale and it was hard going. Stuck with it – found the bottom stretches had more shelter and less colour - and managed 4 small trout, best 8 inches.
Thanks all, will see if I can negotiate another weekend when conditions are more promising.