Feedback & Reports

Another day on the River Usk and fishing a beat that we hadn't been to before. After a very relaxing night in the Wellington we headed down to the river. The heavens opened whilst we were setting up and we got fairly wet! However, it didn't last too long and the sun came out and warmed things up very quickly. A few fish were spotted rising just before the junction pool and a tiny 2 inch fish was taken on a small olive cdc. The colours on that fish were spectacular and it was safely released to put on a couple of pounds. I spooked a big fish the next cast putting the fly on the water too hard... We headed up into the junction pool where 3 very good fish were sipping away. Again they were being fussy but a size 20 cdc home tied fly did the job on a spectacularly marked fish of 20 inches! The fish on the far side came up to the same pattern but I missed it! After another half an hour of fly changing and the same fish rising I tempted him with a greenwell's glory - lovely fish of 16 inches. The day then got quiet and fish stopped rising and certainly were not taking any nymphs we put in front of them... Until we had a late afternoon rise where I picked up to small fish in 2 casts and a couple of others below the junction pool. Again lovely day fishing with a mate, couldn't ask for anything more! We will return!

7 Trout

River in good condition, running clear. A few fish showed in the Gabion and at the Van Stone.
Fished hard all day to no avail, a few plucks by trout. A limited amount of boat traffic, with few canoes about between 10:00 and 1:00. Good lunch in the "Hosterie" - highly recommended. Until next time...

All fish returned.

3 Trout

I don't understand why this beat isn't fished more than it is. The Marle Bed is worth the price of the ticket by itself! Certainly were a few fish about but they weren't very interested with either the fly or spinners. Managed to induce a couple of takes with a sunray shadow but they wouldn't hang on.

Perch

4 Trout, 2 Other

Perch,Rainbows, worm

2 Trout, 3 Other

Trout between 6 and 10 inch. All caught on nymphs. Only fished part of the beat, but it seems a lot of pools have been cleared from rubbish as far as necessary to fish them. Thanks to WUF

6 Trout

2 trout caught on worm with popup.

2 Trout

Got 2 fish in the flats just below the junction pool, both on a parachute klinkhammer. Missed 2 others on the same fly, fished from 8 till 1.30
Agree with the gentleman who fished yesterday, the brown algae covering the rocks is extremely slippery, took a dip and almost a couple of others.

2 Trout

1 grayling on dry fly

1 Grayling