Feedback & Reports

The second of my three outings on the usk. Having never fished the beat before I started nymphing the streamy sections in the absence of any rising fish and was fairly quickly into a couple of fish. Was quite hard going though until i moved up to the top pool around lunchtime where there were some fish rising. caught a couple on a cdc dun and a few more on a nymph under a dry. Another good day although failed to connect with some off the bruisers that ive heard inhabit this stretch. Cheers to Paul for the use of his phone to keep me from getting into trouble with the missus! Sounds like he had the right idea staying on late!

11 trout, 9 on dry olive, 2 on copper john nymph. River high but no rain during day and level dropped 2in during the day. Reasonably clear. fish rising consistently from midday to 4pm then fell off as a low came in.

Lovely river and great place to fish. Rainy, overcast day with only a few fish rising. Two WBT caught (6-8 inches) with gold head PTNs in the rift right of entry point. Would definitely come back!

2 trout caught, both returned

After a night of heavy rain we arrived at the water at around 9am. Being the first time we have visited this beat we had a good walk to both ends during the day. While there was initially a lot of colour in the water this did clear a little during the day. A day that proved to be quite fruitful considering netting 14 browns (All Returned) ranging 1/2 lb - 1 lb. A beat that we will be returning to!!

A late night at the Clytha cider festival meant a later than anticipated start. Arrived about 8:30 fish sipping some very small flies from the surface. Unfortunately this kind of fishing needs a level of dexterity and skill that I have yet to master, so after a few hamfisted efforts on my part they soon lost their appetite. Nymphing under an elk hair caddis produced no takes to either.
Temperature dropped around lunch time accompanied by a stiff breeze. Had a siesta. Thought I'd give down stream spider fishing a go, great fun lots of tugs, 5 wbt around 10 oz to a pound landed and released.
Returned to the cider festival !

Looked liked a perfect day in lovely surroundings. Slightly overcast with light wind. Excellent variation in waters but not a rise all day from 11am to 7pm despite many hatches of flies of many types.
Fished most styles but only had a couple of tiddlers on gold PTN while fishing Klinkhammers on the dropper.

Not sure why so little trout activity but very nice place to spend the day.

5 x trout 8-12 inches. I arrived late afternoon, but still very hot with bright, blazing sun, and nothing happened till after 8 in the evening. A few taken - and quite a few more missed - on a Little Dark Watchet spider fished through the runs.

A glorious hot sunny day with a little cloud cover in the late afternoon. River at 10" on the Brecon gauge.
Two small hatches of mayfly during the day, but disappointingly no rising fish. We caught 22 fish, all on gold headed PTN. Best fish 2 lbs - 4 fish in 1-2lbs range
the remaninder around 1/2lb ( all returned). Curiously the fish went off when the cloud cover came and resumed feeding again when the sun came out! A really delightful day on this lovely beat.

1 x brown trout, approx 0.5lb, released.