Wow, what a day. I fished a new beat to me on the Usk today.
It was day that that promised much and then delivered. Its always nice when that happens.

Fished on the Monnow today at Skenfrith with PD. Most of the day we covered different aspects of nymph fishing. Upstream single nymphand a bit of Czech Nymph.

As April starts I start looking forward to the hatches off Olives getting more frequent and also the start of the Grannom hatches as these are often what brings the rivers to life for the year. But with the high wind we have been having it has made fishing of the surface a very patchy [...]

Fly fishing on the River Usk can be fantastic at any time but at the end of the season it can be phenomenal and this season was no exception with large hatches of sherrie spinners and sedge really bringing fish up to the surface.
Here is what Guy had to say about his and Phil’s day [...]