Feedback & Reports

Fished lower end of the beat with pellet and feeder tactics. Steady flow of fish through the day - mainly small Barbel (majority in the 2 to 3lb with a few even smaller-around 1lb!!). Finished with 12 Barbel one of which weighed 7lb 4oz and 2 chub around the 3lb mark. Rained all day, still quite heavy boat traffic with the vast majority very respectful but spoilt by two idiots in one boat who just appeared to be out to cause trouble.

12 Barbel, 2 Chub

Spinner.

4 Trout

3 perch.

Strong winds and rain made for difficult fishing conditions - temperature low. 3 chub & 2 wildies between 3 anglers on an unseasonably cold and wet day.

3 Chub, 2 Other

Our last day and last beat so decided to do about 12:30-7pm as we had to travel back. Really nice wild looking beat, but due to time constraints we decided to fish the accessible swims upstream in the deeper water.
I decided to put about 10 feeders of bait in to see if anything was about. Unfortunately being too eager, I caught a barbel within 5 mins of my first cast. It was all quiet after that probably due to me catching straight away instead of resting the swim. My brother lost what felt like a good fish and had a couple of chub.
I wish we could of fished the evening as I have no doubt we would of caught again. A great day on a lovely beat though and we were kept entertained by some huge fish leaping clear of the water upstream from us. Can only presume these were salmon. On another note care should be taken in the wet as it can be very slippery, next time we would definitely take a ground spike and a rope. Many thanks.

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

Difficult day with low air temperatures and high winds with constant squalls blowing downstream. Once again nothing rising of any note and mix of dry fly and gold head nymph secured the few fish. Lovely water and a favourite of our group but it was just colouring up after two days of rain so not in best shape.

4 Trout

Awesome day on the best WUF beat.

25 Barbel, 88 Chub

Nothing caught but a beautiful stretch of the Usk, wasn't really trying.

Water levels low, and rained hard all day. Managed to turn a good fish in the 'chines', but didn't hook up. Two small brownies later in the day. Lovely piece of water, access not to bad. The owner was kind enough to call me prior to fishing with a few hints and tips, and this made my selection of tackle and fly much easier. All in all a lovely beat, with a very helpful owner. I shall be returning.

2 Trout

First blank day out of 12 but lovely morning. Two anglers using illegal fishing. Phoned the help line advertised here and response was very positive. Bailiff here within hour and had a word with one who was leaving area. Bailiff (didn't catch name sorry), phoned me back and was very helpful. Impressed.