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arrived at 10.30 river suprisingly low given how wet it has been in the north west. fished till 3. fish all day. lovely

12 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

Other: Dace! River is dropping back after a short rise. 12lb Salmon Neck of the Rectory 09:30hrs
Fly: 2” willie gun fished deep. Good strong fish starting to colour up. Went back to the depths after a short rest.

1 Salmon, 5 Trout, 2 Other

Lovely spot. Fish rising and took one trout on dry fly.

However, extremely upset by instructions to drive down steep incline after turning left after lay-by gate. Gate at bottom padlocked with key lock! No way to turn around so had to back up steep hill with poor road traction. Am concerned that I damaged my car’s transmission or engine in getting out. If someone had said just park in the lay-by and walk, I would have happily done that (which is what I had to do anyway).

Booking Office Note: We apologise for this inconvenience - we've spoken to the fishery owner about this who is unaware of any keyed-padlock. We are looking into this further to ensure our directions are correct and appropriate.

1 Trout

The upper beat was visited and fished between 06:30 and 11:30, weather conditions were bright and sunny with a light breeze and the river was slightly low with a tinge of colour following the rain on Tuesday. Four fish up to 14 inches were landed, 1 x grayling and 3 x brown trout. All were taken nymphing through the faster and deeper runs. No fish were seen rising.

This beat is so beautiful and it was such a pleasure to be here that I returned to fish the same upper beat in the evening between 18:00 and 21:00. Weather and river conditions were the same although the evening temperature was slightly warmer. Fish were seen rising in the glides and so I fished a sedge on the surface with a suspended ptn New Zealand style.
The evening resulted in 1 x grayling and 2 x brown trout to 13 inches. Again, a wonderful few hours on this beautiful section of the river.

Thank you again to the Foundation for all you do.
Kind regards to your team.
Steve Rock

5 Trout, 2 Grayling

Olives hatching from mid day but only small stuff rising to them. A classic stretch of Usk fishing. Good access and well maintained stiles, bridges etc

2 Trout

Lovely stretch of river and adopted a roving style. Caught 3 nice chub to 5lb and a 4lb pike to a static pellet! All chub were also on pellet. Weed in middle of the river was a bit of a pain at times as it wasn't always visible but there's a lot of fishing in this stretch and I'm looking forward to coming back.

3 Chub, 1 Pike

Very hot and humid today, which set off this lovely stretch of river nicely. Access is good (although one slight grumble would be that the last third of the beat is not accessible at all) and the wildlife spectacular. Caught a single 7lb barbel on 14mm pellet and it gave a cracking fight.

1 Barbel

8 Barbel

Fish came from bottom meadow

4 Barbel, 3 Chub