Feedback & Reports

This was my first time fishing on the Usk for Trout and what a terrific beat it is! Water levels meant that you could really get into the river and at the fish. This river is teeming with life. Our first trout was caught on a black nymph and then the second two on a green Klinkhammer pattern. Clearly the fish were feeding just under the surface of the water. Our best trout was a 1.5lb beauty, caught at the bottom of the beat in the tail of the first pool. A glorious day in a glorius setting.

3 Trout

First time on this beat this season , glad to be back , as you'd expect the river was extremely low after this dry summer we're having , so was expecting a tough day .
Was very happy to catch what I did , lost a couple to ! Fished from 3pm to 9:30pm , great day , lots of sunshine , wildlife and a few fish in the net .

4 Barbel

Fished very well considering the water level is very low.

10 Trout

8 x trout 6-14 inches, Parachute Adams. Another warm and cloudy day, prospecting with the dry fly. However, unlike Titley yesterday, those trout which were prepared to rise today were in the deep pools, not in the runs. Best two fish were 13 and 14 inches, fat and fit, which are nice ones for the Arrow. Sadly the gate to that nice little parking place in the field has been broken up.

8 Trout

Day 2 on Bideford Brook, 10 wild brown trout, taken from the deeper pools, size 18 black PTN just under the surface ..

Bideford Brook is a little gem ..

10 Trout

Had a few hours at the end of a trip to visit this stunning place . It’s a long walk from parking at the gate , but easy to navigate. A stunning llyn with some great fighting brown trout.
Not the easiest place to fish, really boggy in areas , and some dodgy holes in the ground to watch out for when walking . Fished both sides, caught on both. To walk around the west side , looked too boggy to go around from the boat hut, so took the safer option from the road back by the house ruins. Played it safe as I was fishing solo. Fished 3 flies , Diawl Bach, ptn and Bibio, fish took a liking to all three .

12 Trout

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

Fished the morning concentrating on the fast streamy water with a French leaders and small nymphs taking 25plus grayling and 8 trout.

8 Trout, 25 Grayling

1st time ever on the Wye, tried freelining meat to explore all the river. Not a lot of flow and lost as many I caught, guessing barbless hooks didn't hold when striking through the meat. Still not a bad day all things considered.
The other was an eel

1 Barbel, 3 Chub, 1 Other

1st fishing trip in nearly 8 years! Only 3 fish but nice to be back on the river. Started at 3pm, 1st cast saw a chub on the hook before I had time to place the rod in the rest! Foch of 3.5/4lb. Barbel came at 4.45 and 7pm. Didn't fish the peg I wanted as another angler in the opposite side was wading half way out in the shallows and fishing Caple Court side..... And pulled out 28 fish! 9 of which were caught whilst I was there!
Lovely session and looking forward to my return visit in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'll get the swim I want.

2 Barbel, 1 Chub