Feedback & Reports

First time on this beat and the river was low and sluggish, the weather warm and sunny. Walked a good part of the beat before settling in at a spot in the woods. During the late morning an early afternoon I caught the 6 fish on meat including an eel and a chub hooked in the anal fin (best fight from a chub ever). I had intended to move to a nearby swim for the late afternoon and evening but this got taken by anglers on the opposite bank. Before leaving I had a couple of casts in the last downstream field but with no success. Overall a nice stretch of river that would be a lot better with some rain.

1 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

Very hot day, with low clear water. Started fishing the lower end of the beat near the gravel bar opposite. Started early and managed 4 barbel in the first couple of hours. Then the men came with a mechanical digger, tractors and trailers and they started removing gravel from the bar opposite, so the fishing died (maybe a blessing). So I went for a walk and spotted a couple of barbel under the weeds. In the next 3 hours I had another 7 barbel a few chub and an eel. So feeling pretty chuffed, I went for some lunch. I got back at about 6pm and fished till starting to go dark. Managed a further 13 barbel. A really fanastic day. Most fell to small 6mm pellets, with some on meat. One small eel made up the catch.

24 Barbel, 4 Chub, 1 Other

River very low, so fished late afternoon/evening. We caught 2 barbel and 2 chub from below the streamer weed in the first 200 yards of the venue.

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

3 Trout

Had a lovely day despite having no luck in catching fish. Lovely surroundings. I will return to try again.

Dry fly fishing. The Usk water was clear and not very high in spite of some recent rain. I had a couple of bites but did not catch any fish. I was there for nearly three hours. I will go back another day.

7lbs on fly from Rapids pool. Lots of fish showing on the high tide.

1 Salmon

Not much happening very slow.

4 Trout

Hot day again, fished early morning up till lunch then had to head for home. Didn't catch anything.

First time on this beat and last day of our trip. Slow going during the day and a couple of anglers on the other bank meant we took a break for refreshments. On our return we fished a different area and settled in for the evening. After half an hour my friend hooked into a PB barbel, an immaculate fish of 10lb 5oz. A quiet spell followed which coincided with three anglers setting up on the private stretch, just after they left I finished the day with a 8lb 4oz barbel. Nice beat with plenty of swims to go at. Wildlife today - an otter in the dusk on the far bank. And so ends a great week with a total of 64 barbel and we lost count of the number of chub, looking forward to returning soon.

2 Barbel