Feedback & Reports

Arrived about 11am. Overcast warm and still – Perfect! No fish rising, fished the fast water below the church. Fished GBHE nymphs New Zealand style. Got 2 fish about 8 inches and nice fish about 12 inches. Some fish rising in the dead water on the rh side, couldn’t interest them in anything.

Moved down to the faster water at the bottom of the beat. Got four fish 10 -12“. Two took the nymph, two took the klink, a big pink job. Lost a further two.

Waited until the evening, fished the tail of the fast water at the bottom stretch, fish rising from about 8 ish, tried a few flies without success until I tried a Tupps, then started to get takes, unfortunately didn’t manage to land any. Enjoyed the company of Steve, another Wye and Usk customer during the day

Thanks as ever to the Wye and Usk Foundation for a very enjoyable day.

7 browns up to about one and a half pounds. All on dry fly, all returned.

7-8 trout and hooked and lost as many again, nearly all on a dry fly. Best was a shade over 2 lbs. All returned. Thanks.

My second day at Glanusk was as enjoyable as the first, sunny with less cloud than on Monday. I had six fish, once again all around the pound mark, taken on various nymphs and the dry sedge: the best of them a perfect trout with rosy spots on its flanks and a belly like a golden beast-plate. I took two fish home to present to the owners of the farm where I was staying. They were very much enjoyed. Glanusk is a magical place: many thanks to all concerned.

Very bright conditions with low water levals,managed to catch 2 nice browns about 14 ins far end of beat under trees on cdc loopwing emerger and one on nymph under an indicator in the Church Pool in fast water. What has hapened to the rain in Wales? Last year washed off twice this is a nice beat and because of some stocking you don't have to be Oliver Edwards to catch but you do need the right conditions.

My one previous visit to Glanusk was two years ago and turned out to be an official wash-off; I fished anyway since I had no opportunity to return in the near future, down & across with large nymphs through water the consistency of volcanic lava - I caught nothing. What a difference this time. A hot, sunny day but there are plenty of shady spots and hidey-holes for the fish at Glanusk and I had five beautiful trout of around a pound each, lost one and missed the take on a couple more. The new ghillie was most helpful with advice and the successful flies were a green nymph and a small dry sedge pattern. This was a great day for me and I took one of the fish home for my supper: my first trout from the Usk.

Between us we had 9 good trout on spiders and 5 on dries, parachute adams mainly. The successful spider was an Endrick Spider fished on the point with deep, fast water giving the best results. Met the owner (Tiggy??) and due to some confusion she had rods on the upper beat in the morning which we should have been on. No problem though and all sorted out very amicably.

Beautiful stretch of water and very scenic, the water was low and clear with salmon parr and browns topping most of the day but taking very small flies. DC caught 4 browns around 6-9 inches, DB 6 browns & 2 salmon parr, GC one nice brown about 1.25lbs. All fish returned.

One of us is a beginner who unfortunately blanked but thoroughly enjoyed the day. The other rod had a cracking day, fifteen Brownies despite a nasty wind and very low, gin clear water.

A lovely beat, well maintained and very scenic.

1 fish each in the morning then some good sport in evening to skated sedge in the faster sections of the lower beat. Not a lot happening in sweltering heat and low water. Best fish around 16”