Feedback & Reports

Some LDO hatches in the early afternoon, also a few march browns and caddis around - and a few fish rose, caught four all on dry flies. Biggest a nice 17"er that was deceptively big - she had been barely kissing the surface gently taking trapped duns in an eddy, almost didn't notice her. The fish all looked in pretty good condition already, and the biggest gave a good scrap leaping several times before she came to the net. Very quiet outside of the hatches - not a sniff on any wet flies, but was great while it lasted and lovely to get off the mark for the year. All released as usual - thanks again!

4 Trout

Very quiet day - didn't see a rise and only a handful of insects.

1 Grayling

River was at 1m so it bit high which impacted how far out I could wade which made covering the water a little challenging. This was not a surprise as the owner talked me through it which is very helpful. There is access to the other bank but you need to be there with the owner on the phone to find it, and I did not have time.

Two nice trout just up from the bridge.

2 Trout

Very poor day not a single take on trout 5 perch a ho try another day

5 Other

19lb silver fish on a green & yellow devon minnow

1 Salmon

Arrived at the Usk today with high hopes having witnessed some good March brown hatches earlier in the month. But despite warm sunshine, no wind and perfect water heights, the river was quiet. I saw 3 MBs and a handful of LDOs in four hours but apart from some very early grannom, that was about it on the fly front. Still, prospecting with dries and nymph, I managed seven lovely trout, the biggest two at just under a pound and a half. The most successful fly was a klinkhammer in rougher water.

7 Trout

Hardly any fly life , despite a beautiful day … saw 5 fish rise once all day and managed to tempt 4 of them on a dark quill olive …. Several cormorants and mergansers on the beat

4 Trout

Nice sunny day, 4 fish caught on worm(floating and bottom).sizes range from 1.6lbs to 2.3lbs.

4 Trout

Very nice beat but access is very tricky so unless you are fit I wouldn’t recommend this beat. We only saw 3 fish rise all day. We tried all techniques except euronymphing which may have been the best method as although there was plenty of fly life (olives and midges) the fish were not showing in the top layer of the water column. Awesome weather and a great day despite blanking.

It was good to find all the gates open, apart from the barbed wire-topped beat entrance. The knotted twine holding the gate to its post is virtually impossible to untie.
This gate is a potential health and safety issue. It has to be climbed and continues to present a threat to less nimble anglers (and to fishing waders). Can Wuf come to a better and safer arrangement? The system used at Gromain accessing Dolmeudwy, a coded padlock, is safe and works well.