Feedback & Reports

6 Barbel 5lb - 11lb
1 Chub 4lb

Hallibet pellet, Hallibet groundbait in feeder, Chub on luncheon meat. Very few places to fish as no swims had been cut or prepared. Accomodation excellent at the Flansford Priory.

Great afternoon on Middle Hill as normal. Fishing very slow
Only 2 Barbel in region of 5 to 6 pounds. River was on the rise. Great stretch will be back soon.

15 x small trout to 9 inches on a small Klinkhammer a couple of hours before breakfast on a dark morning with more rain on the way. Like just about any morning this Summer come to think of it. I got just the bottom half done before the need for coffee overwhelmed me and the latest band of rain arrived.
It's been a difficult couple of seasons for the small stream trout angler. First the truly awful drought of 2011, which I think did a lot of damage to fish stocks. Then all the floods of 2012, which may have provided exciting times for salmon anglers, but deprived trout men of fishing opportunity on many days. Now the streams seem to have benefited from the rest and all the fresh water. Let's hope for a pleasantly warm September with plenty of rising fish. If not that, then a more normal 2013.

J P landed a 10lb hen fishing above the chine
on a cascade. Water 0.7m slightly coloured. Time 9am. Fish slightly coloured and returned OK. Persistent rain and 35mph wind thereafter making fishing difficult.

The river was quite coloured and the weather was very wet and blustery, typical Bank Holiday weather! Caught 5 brown trout after lunch, all on a size 16 Iron Blue Dunn dry fly. All were returned. Had lunch at The Bell, very nice. I will definitely be back when the river is in better fettle.
Thank you for a nice day.

6pm, a 15lb coloured fish caught in the Cafn on fly.

Released a 10lb hen just starting to colour at the gills at submerged tree below the Rock to an orange fly.

Water at a nice height colour and pace. First time at Llangeod. Upper beat has classic glides, easy to cast wading although slippery, depth is very good. Lower beat, again a lot of great water perfect for fly fishemen,
NOTE,to get best from the beat you need to be able to spey cast profitiently with wind up or down river.
We saw 2 salmon show and felt the fish were there, sadly no takers, but 9 brown trout all over 1.5 lbs and several parr taken on both stoats tail size 14 and Watkins Fancy size 12.
Beat maps give good details and are accurate. Generally we had a great day. The barometer wasnt in our favour but we would fish there again.

3 salmon weighing 15lbs, 12lbs and 8lbs at Red Barn, all on a Cascade tied to a size 10 double hook. I was using a floating line with 8lbs fluorocarbon line on a 9ft trout rod. I also lost another double figure fish to an under-water obstacle after a 10 minute fight. Fishing between 3pm and 7pm. Conditions were cloudy, steady rain with gusts of wind, water was gently rising and becoming partly coloured while I was there.

Drove up in varying degrees on rain and cloud accompanied with fierce gusting winds for good measure. Water level perfect with just a tinge of colour.
Managed 3 hours fishig before the weather got the better of me. 3 wbt all returned on a combination of green bugs and spiders along with an angry rainbow trout of about 2.5lbs which was unexpected to say the least. Unfortunately the rainbow snapped me at the net otherwise it would have been taken for supper.
First time on this beat and would thoroughly recommend. Easy access and easy wading but more importantly offers a wide range of water. For me this is the Usk at its best.