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Blustery, odd light rain. Fish slow to rise in morning, but woke up later in the day.Took eleven w.b.t. between us, with 2 at 1.lb, 3 at 3/4.lb, and the rest small. Shook off many more, and no shortage of rising fish playing hard to get!

11 Trout to ½lb. Good mayfly hatches. Very enjoyable. Thanks.

1 small 6" brown trout, greenwells glory, 6ft trout rod. River low. Banks not accessible in many places, needs a lot of trimming back of vegetation to make approach safe.

The fishing was good but wading was very difficult. I did not find 'Wading is relatively easy over a mostly gravel bed'. to be the case. Getting in where I did was easy parking and easy access but that lasted about twenty yards before the high banks closed in and the river bed was littered with rubble. The fish were free rising and in good condition.
Because of the disparity between the Foundation description and reality I emailed the secretary of the Cwmbran AA and his reply may be helpful.

The fishery is from Chapel Lane Bridge (car park by bridge) to Burtons Foods (road bridge) both banks ( where accessible).Car parks @ Boating Lake,Llanyavon Way ( both sides),Edlogan Way, & Chapel Lane. Some areas are difficult owing to developements beyond our control. The river bed is pebbley (rocky) not shingle as described, again a discription beyong our control. The Lwyd is a typical Welsh river & the terrain/conditions are as expected of such a waterway. We stock every season to give our members & guests as good a fishery as location/conditions permit. Tight Lines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WUF Note: We will correct the description on the website. Refunds will be offered when incorrect descriptions lead to dissatisfaction.

An absolutely lovely day fishing. The river was low and there was a few rain showers throughout the day. My friend caught a fish on his third cast and it carried on in fits and starts throughout the day. In total we caught around 40 fish between us up to 3/4lb on small gold headed nymphs fished across and down, dry flies fish upstream and spiders fished in an escalator fashion. Absolutely lovely day, even caught some fish in the slow water towards the end of the beat. Shall definitely be back!

5 grayling, 3 trout.

2 rods fished as 1 - this is a good way to tackle small streams as can help each other unhooking from trees etc and actually less disturbance.

Hatch? More like a blizzard! Under the A40 road bridge there were so many olive duns together with mayfly spinners and something else that I couldnt quite see amongst the rest that I was suprised the fish took our flies at all
We fished 7 till 9 pm - probably wouldnt want much longer on this beat. 12 wbt to 12" mostly on dry mayfly all returned unharmed. A wonderful evening thank you.

The river was extremely low although still very beautiful. 6 small trout caught to half a pound and a couple of larger ones hooked and lost on f-flies. Good hatches of caddis and small upwinged mayflies/ephemera. If fishing is to pick up we need a downpour! Lovely day on the water even though the Usk trout were elusive.

17C with very strong wind. Many good fish rising tight against left bank on upper part of beat. Not interested in our flies, as probably taking midge and their pupae. Biggest difficulty - keeping hat on while casting! Outstanding beat - must try again when conditions more favourable. Lost several fish. Found Sandpipers nest by river with four eggs.

There was two of us fishing myself and friend from demark, my first river trip and his first time in Great Britain fishing. He took five half pound browns using a dry fly, I took seven using dry flies, largest brown being about 1.5 lb. The beat was fantastic and we were joined for lunch by two local dogs. The booking through the office was so easy I could not believe it. The ladies were so helpful and they did what it said on the tin, I will definitely be back.