Feedback & Reports

Cold and strong upstream wind and bright sunshine, less LDO hatching than on other recent trips to the Usk and tricky to get a response from the few fish rising consistently. In the end a 14" brown was tempted close to trees in a sheltered part off the near (right) bank.

1 Trout

A lovely, warm spring day on a mature and overgrown stretch of river. The high banks make some sections inaccessible, but this is made clear in the beats description so not a problem. Quite wild fishing with banks to clamber up and down, and trees to duck round/under - just the way I like it! One trout caught on dry fly. Saw a big chub mooching, several kingfishers and no people. Wonderful day!

1 Trout

4 Trout

2 BT around 10 inches caught (on spider patterns) and returned safely. Hardly any surface activity to speak of but an enjoyable day in nature overall!!!

2 Trout

No fish seen or caught.

12 fish caught, 1 on Toby spinner, 1 on bubble and ten on bottom.

12 Trout

First outing since August and it showed, a few tugs on small GRHE but could only convert one to hand. Hope my reactions improve for the rest of the weekend!

1 Trout

First time on this beat and it took me a couple of hours of fishing to brush up on my small river skills. So after hooking more than a few trees the roll casts started to work and a black tung beadheaded PTN fished on a greased leader caught me three trout and one OOS grayling. A cold day with no hatch to speak of.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Five trout between 4 inches and 8 inches all caught on goldhead nymphs. The fish seemed to prefer the deep holes. There were a few sporadic rises but no real hatch. Quite bright and sunny with good water clarity. Clearance work much appreciated.

5 Trout

First time on this water and with 3 hours to spare, I fished the top of the beat spinning. No fish to report.