Feedback & Reports

Warmer weather and lots of fish rising to a LDO hatch when I got to the beat at 11am. Fish mainly rising in the calmer stretches and with the water so clear were difficult to fool. All fish were caught within a 2 hour period, one of 2 pounds on an elk hair caddis and the others on a brown klink. My first time on the beat, I think from previous comments the river must have been low as I could pretty much wade the whole stretch. All fish came from the faster water.

4 Trout

Found some rising fish today. Olives were hatching and after several presentations of my dry imitation were ignored, I switched to an Olive emerger pattern which I'm pleased to report resulted in a hard fighting pristine 15 incher.
I've seen several comments about the condition of the river and whilst it is true to say there is a fair amount of rubbish this should not detract from what is an absolute gem of a trout river with just about every type of feature you could imagine suggesting a myriad of different tactics and approaches. And that this river, once an environmental disaster and now a fully restored ecosystem is nothing short of remarkable. I shall be putting thoughts of the Usk aside from now on.

1 Trout

Caught 1 trout of about 10" in a parachute adams. Nice day to be on the water.

1 Trout

1 brown trout about 12" on dry fly - fish returned. water in good condition but no large fly hatch.

1 Trout

Fantastic day but unfortunately no fish. Plenty of fish in the river though, spotted about 5-6 fish. Hired Mick the Gillie who was excellent as always. Cant wait to return.

A lovely day but not for fishing - the river was low and we saw very little on either the lower or upper section. Hooked two out of season Grayling and two small brownies between us. Lovely beat though.

2 Trout

Nothing changes! Fished this water first in 1950 Still a pleasure

4 Trout

We had a fairly leisurely start to our day with breakfast at the Wellington in Brecon, which was superb. We made the short drive down to the river at 9am and got fishing soon after. Bright conditions with a very low and clear river Usk made for challenging fishing but it was a glorious day and fishing in t-shirts and waders was a real treat! Fish were rising occasionally and the first fish of 10 inches was taken on a small olive imitation. Dry flies were the order of the day but we didn't catch two fish on the same fly! Every fish seemed to prefer a different fly which was strange. However we landed some cracking fish, the biggest was around the 20 inch mark, we had others at 18 inches that spent more time out the water than in! 16 inches and a couple at 15 inches. Lovely day, lovely beat - will return!

6 Trout

6 fish between 4 and 8 inches all on various nymphs. Fantastic conditions, warm and surprised not to see more fish rising. Only tempted one fish to the dry and lost that one.

6 Trout

More nymphing and fished in the afternoon. Still very few fish rising. Warm, around 22 degrees, lovely afternoon fishing

4 Trout