Feedback & Reports

During a heatwave it was no surprise that the river was so low. Very little showing all day and those rises seen were mainly parr. We didn't persevere with the dry. Expecting the worse we were very happy to open the account with a reasonable grayling each in the 1.25lb to 1.5lb range and a feisty 1lb brown. Things became very difficult thereafter until we located an obliging shoal of middle sized grayling. A dozen fish to hand between us and many more on and offs., mostly fish about the 1lb mark - and very welcome they were too. All fish to nymphs, smaller than usual due to water conditions.

3 Trout, 17 Grayling

A two day visit to Wyebank. Very tough going on both days, the river was very low and clear. Fished the bottom pool both evenings and the Island Pool at dawn on the second morning. The Island Pool produced nothing but the bottom pool produced some fish just as it got dark. Hard work.

3 Barbel, 1 Chub

River low with little flow on the hottest day of the year. Two trout to 9 inches on a size 18 klinkhammer. Very tough going. My body feels like I've just played a game of rugby not fished for 4 hours having climbed/pushed/crawled around the obstacles. Seeing the Dippers and Kingfisher was a bonus.

2 Trout

Mainly fished the Boys Rocks and a couple of hours on other swims on the beat. I must've picked an off day as totally blanked. A pleasant day spent by the river though.

River, low, warm and clear. Chub feeding, the barbel were unpredictable as to what time of day they would feed. No issues with the Foundations service, data provided was excellent and overall, a great two days fishing. Here's to next time.

6 Barbel, 40 Chub

The hottest days of the year really made life difficult but we did manage to find a shoal of willing fish just above the orchard. 10mm blood worm boilies and fish meal filled feeders brought a short but intense spell of action. Day two proved much harder as we fished swim to swim all the way down. The fallen tree swim had a few flashing barbel showing all afternoon but they would not take a baited hook. In the end I think we did well to catch, but my God it was hard work in those conditions.
Thank you WUF, great service, lovely river.

12 Barbel, 4 Chub

Arrived mid day, very hot, low water. Saw no fish and did not stay long.

Started fishing at 1pm. Caught a number of 8oz chub and one of 3lb through the afternoon. In the evening caught 3 Barbel between 6lb 10oz and 8lb 10oz.

3 Barbel, 7 Chub

A "challenging" day on the Usk - a cloudless blue sky, burning sun and very low river. We eventually found a few small trout in the early evening which fell to various spider patterns and the salmon parr also provided some entertainment. Our first time on this beat and we both agreed that we had enjoyed it enough to return when conditions were more conducive.

4 Trout

Teaching my 14yr old daughter to cast, she hooked a fish on a size 16 ally's shrimp which took 15 mins to land on the 9ft 7wt rod. Turned out to be a 4lb chub - not a salmon but a great fight nonetheless!

1 Chub