Feedback & Reports

My first visit to this beat and my first grayling, 16inches of beautiful fish quickly followed by a second of 15 inches. Both to a ghptn. Two trout one of 9 inches and the second of 11 inches both to a gold headed bug and finally a smaller grayling of 11 inches again to a ghptn. I only managed the bottom half up to the bridge and then stopped as the leak in chest waders was making my right foot very cold and uncomfortable. I will return!

2 Trout, 3 Grayling

Fished this beat from 11 til 3.30 in bright hot sun but with a pleasant but annoying downstream breeze making casting light line a bit tricky. Started at the all weather parking spot and fished a small PTN as surprisingly not much fly life and nothing rising. Got into my first fish almost straight away and managed another two before heading back to the van, not quite making it to the very top of the beat. I got the distinct impression I was leaving just as I should of been starting but by the time I'd trudged all the way back I was parched. More like the middle of June than April.

3 Trout

First visit to an interesting and contrasting beat below and above Chainbridge, plus tempting Inn on the river. Wind direction ensured I had more tangles than usual and seemed to limited surface activity despite warm bright day and sporadic hatches. My Lunns Particular persuaded several wbt to surface but I missed the bigger ones and had to settle for lesser specimens promptly returned. Didn't manage to cover the whole beat so I shall look forward to returning to the convenient parking space beside the bridge to complete the task.

4 Trout

Beautiful day and a pleasure to be on the bank. However, I'm not sure how good it was for insect hatches. Very few fish seen rising and those that did were once'ers. Tried many types of runs with dries and nymphs - no joy.

What a great place! Drive lined with daffs, easy parking noisy crows nesting, warm April sun, water low clear. Saw no rising fish. Great place. No fish will try again.

Rather a slow bright day with a feeling of high summer. An 8 and a 9inch trout on a small pheasant tail nymph. Larger fish easily spooked in the clear water.

2 Trout

Fished the lower beat during the afternoon. Nothing caught but lost one. Only saw one fish rise.

A quiet day, no sign of the large hatches reported recently, just sporadic LDOs. A gusty downstream river made casting challenging at times. Three strong and healthy fish - one on a PTN, one on a March Brown and one on a Kite's - 12"-16", all returned.

3 Trout

A great day Salmon fishing under the guidance of Oliver Burch. This is a stunning beat with lots of water to cover. We had a glorious day in the sun, alas no fish but a lot of spey casting practice which Oliver managed to get me doing reasonably well from never having attempted before so very pleased with the tuition. There were a couple of canoes that came through during the day but nothing to bother us. There was an unusually sustained Grannom hatch which seemed to last all day, but no more than a couple of trout rises were seen by us. Definitely a beat to try again in the near future.

Blank - just a short visit after work. very bright, breezy with no fly life. Only one tiny trout seen. It is however a very good beat in terms of habitat- weed, deep pools and lots of cover. One for mid summer to late season when it properly warms up and some fish have moved up from the Usk.