Feedback & Reports

Frustrating day. No fish caught despite constant rises but to what I had no idea. I tried everything but to no avail. Wading was difficult and with something of a wind blowing it made this one of the least satisfying days this year. No matter, I will be back.

No salmon caught. A large fish jumped in The Lines and one pulled at the fly in Vanstone.

6 Trout

A great day, despite difficult conditions. Not much rising, but took one or two on dryfly (Yellow May emerger, loopwing emerger). Most on klink and dink. Loads of takes, but hard to connect well, as I was fishing across the current. Biggest fish netted about 1.5lbs, but lost two of about 2lbs.
Saw off two poachers (spinning for trout) who became quite aggressive, and saw another man with an unassembled spinning rod.
WUF Note: Spinning for trout is prohibited on the Usk by law. Spinning for salmon is not permitted until 1st June so these poachers were fishing illegally - in these instances we request anglers call the NRW emergency line 0800 80 70 60 as soon as possible. If a poacher becomes aggressive when asked to leave, please call the police.

12 Trout

1'1 on the gauge, clear water. One disinterested fish showing in Lady Alexandra pool but no salmon caught. A fair few trout landed, all released. Thank you.

37 Trout

WILD STREAMS DAY
A well organised day by the Wye and Usk Foundation. Lovely coffee and biccies in the morning and even better chocolate biscuits with coffee and choccy cake in the afternoon. Well worth going for that alone.
Oh yes, the fishing..... not so good, only one trout but several rises spotted and a very good day. Bottom half of the beat had difficult access, but top half easy wading.

1 Trout

Gorgeous day on the beat. Four fish caught on the dry (para adams) with the largest at two pounds. Then a number caught on the nymph (hares ear). All the fish were caught before 2pm.

7 Trout

Beautiful day, beautiful beat but no fish! Plenty of life around, mayfly and and hawthorne rising but very little movement at the surface. Saw a fine sized salmon around 10lb leap straight up out of the river as we arrived and then again as we came back after lunch! Wonder if this is a strategy from the WUF to keep us keen?
After only a couple of nibbles with single imitations on the surface we tried out the Kink and dink for the first time and within 10 mins I pulled in a baby brownie from the kink and a large 1.5 - 2lb grayling on the dink both successfully sent back for another day!
Otherwise, not a nibble, though this could have been caused by the over energetic first castings of my 8 year old son scaring all life away?

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

I did not see or touch any salmon, but the water looked good and I was certainly hopeful. It got a bit bright around midday so I decided to try for the trout instead, especially given the nice hatch that was taking place, including a few mayfly. The trout fishing was superb and I must have had 20+ between 10-15 inches, all returned, of course.

25 Trout

Downstream wind hampered upstream dry fly fishing a bit but still managed go get a few when olives hatched intermittently. Lovely water and great day out.

12 Trout