Feedback & Reports

One long distance release for J.D. from Ledbury otherwise quiet. Our thanks to D.R. from Bristol who advised not to set up until after the jungle adventure from carpark to river bank. A run through with a bill hook would not go amiss.
D.R. from Bristol was right about the wading- definitely "stumbly" rather than gravel: Not good for dodgy knees.

Both fish taken while prospecting with a dry fly. Only saw one rise other than the ones i could lure up.
First time on this beat... challenging access if in a motorhome- was actually very alarming at points down the access lane! I highly advise anyone to set their rods up once down at the river rather than attempting to navigate the overgrown path with rods set up. Would have much preferred to have been on the other bank but really no chance of crossing the river!
Anyway, my first Usk trout in the net which is lovely, but i would look to explore other beats on next visit to the river.

2 Trout

Smattering of grannom in the morning. Fish not interested. Brief rise around 14:00 to ??River high but clearing.
7 trout on dry flies and nymphs

7 Trout

A day where all risers were converted into netted fish… there just wasn’t many risers to the good hatches of fly!

2 Trout

Arrived with another angler on the water from Merthyr Tydfil angling club stating they had told him that this stretch was available to fish?
Plenty of fly life but being broken twice and losing my 3rd Mayfly to a tree made matching the hatch difficult! Plenty of fly life about with a decent number of mays being taken by rising trout as the evening progressed.
Met with a big dog otter at last knockings.

Fishing Passport Note : Glan y Cafn is a private fishery and only available to Fishing Passport day tickets

Nice day on river high level of water ,we use the nymphs early morning later change to dry fly , a good few caught but not a lot of trout . I think we still have a lot to learn
tight lines all

3 Trout

Nice day some rain ,wind cloudy,no fish plenty of rising but nothing on my fly rod
Tight lines .M.

Not impressed. This was booked due to the description being described as good for easy access !
I do wonder if the Wye and Usk staff have ever been there !!!
The access is down broken stone steps and mud , with a broken hand rail etc .
This takes you down to the area that is a small channel by the back of the island , then let’s talk about the wading to access any other part of the beat … one word …. Lethal
It is NOT gravel it is large boulders and deep MUD in the margins . I am a confident wader but gave up on the end.
What an absolute waste of £40 … never even set a rod up !

The fish were about 25 cm long the water was to high and it was impossible to wade in many places but the weatcher was nice and a beautiful section of the river i will definitely come back here

2 Trout