Feedback & Reports

Fished the morning for salmon - no takes switched to trout rods in the afternoon and had great sport 7 landed all over 1lb 2 over 2lb and lots more lost. The Beat has obviously taken a battering over the winter and could do with a little tidying up but great little beat nonetheless.

7 Trout

River Usk lovely clear water although well above normal levels. lots of branches and trees brought down by flood making access to the top pool on the beat really difficult and dangerous. the condition of the access is really neglected with broken steps and mud. the footpath as described in the beat notes down the side of the river has been in parts washed away and the wooden section is in really bad condition with rot and broken treads. With the extra water in the river one slip and you are in real trouble with some of the deeper parts of the river. this section needs some significant maintenance work to bring this up to standard.
The quality of fish and fishing for trout was good with deep nymphs being the order of the day with fish caught up to almost 2 lb and bigger fish lost. would fish this again when hopefully some clear up work as been undertaken.
GP and NP

15 Trout

River at 2ft1 and river looked perfect, fished all day, but no joy

River in flood! No chance!

Rain, sleet and hail with sunshine in between. One bite on nymphs but no fish. Small hatch of olives and a few fish rising always out of reach. Lovely stretch of river must try again.

A productive two hours fishing which resulted in one very nice wbt. I also had three other takes but failed to catch any of them. There were a few rises seen.

1 Trout

Very early season up there, even the Primroses were not fully out...Not a fish or fly was moving until early afternoon, when the weather warmed a touch. There was a very brief hatch of small Olives and in one bright corner of a pool a few fish rose.
Had two trout on a small grey comparadun. A difficult but very rewarding day. Many Thanks. LB.

2 Trout

Spent a few hours on the Aberfan stretch of the Taff. Arrived at 1.00pm hoping to find hatch of LDO, MB's and therefore rising fish. Rod was rigged up with size 12 parachute Adams, my 'go to' dry for this time of year. Walked the banks looking for risers - and found some. Landed 6 nice fish, with each one spotted and targeted carefully with the dry. All in mint condition. Nothing small, every one in 14 - 16 inch range and very strong. Missed, pricked and lost many more. Hatch and rise over by 3.00pm. Could have caught more by fishing nymphs blind, but what fun is that compared to a take off the surface!

6 Trout

One trout of about 1lb (released) taken on a March brown. Caught at about noon during an intense hatch of March browns and Large Dark Olives, the only hatch of the day. The weather was varied - a persistent cold wind.
Really enjoyed the fishing, although the wading was hard work. Worth a mention perhaps on the beat description? The depth of the water in particular was challenging.

1 Trout

Good stretch of the river, especially island bend. Water clear after rain, very brief hatch for 10 minutes or less, mostly sunny day, light wind.

5 Trout