Feedback & Reports

Lovely stretch of the Usk, clear and sunny day. Plenty of fish seen and a few lost. Only fished half of the beat as two kayakers were doing multiple runs of the upper stretch. Given how spooky the trout had been until this point thought I’d only be wasting my time to carry on.

2 Trout

4 Trout

7 trout caught on nymphs, missed takes and lost fish including one pushing 2 lbs which came off just as I was putting my net under it. Stunning beat.

7 Trout

Early morning nymphing session. River low and clear. Fish fell to red tags and peeping caddis in the fast and deeper water.

4 Trout

6 Trout

3 Trout

1 Trout

Rain overnight bumped the river level from 0.6m to 1m on the Llandetty gauge. Running with a heavy stain in the morning too. The fresh water brought the river to life - LDO and March Browns coming off all morning in good numbers and trout rising viciously to sedge patterns fished in the slacks around the fast water.

Slowed down from 1-5pm, before a prolific Grannom hatch (I think) from 5-5.30. This brought some fish up, but in nothing like the numbers or intensity.

Difficult swirling currents in the heavy flow made dry fly presentation challenging.

11 Trout

3 Trout