Feedback & Reports

Three barbel from four to seven pounds. Four chub, largest was around four and a half pounds. All caught on a single hair rigged elipse pellet fished in conjunction with a small pva bag of crushed pellets and hemp.

20 barbel biggest 9lbs 1 0z. 7 chub average 3-4 lbs. All caught on pellet. Excellent fishery a little concerned about a bull in every meadow!! however this did not prevent us from fishing.Access was excellent but orchard stretch of river was more or less inaccessible for fishing. Thank you Wye and Usk Foundation for an excllent days sport in very difficult river conditions- low and clear.

I didn't catch anything that day. Beautiful spot, really nice river. A great day out.

10 WBT 8 x 6"- 8". 1 x 12", 1 x 13". All on adams para. Excellent beat!

Just for the Rectory records (This fish in June):
I finally managed to break my duck at the Rectory with a good solid take in the Rock pool-- followed by instant stripping of line to the backing--
then a display of cartwheels,tail walking and slicing the water. After recovering line, more antics and then finally a hen fish of about 12lbs hooked firmly in the mouth with a Stoats tail.
A pleasure to see her swim away.
Height 1'9", colour and rising-- time 12.00 am.
Usk Grub, sink tip.

Single Brown Trout caught - 35cm long & just under a pound in weight ( 15 1/2 oz). Caught in bay at south end (SO 089177) on damsel nymph.
Sadly the fish had quite a few lice on it, although its general condition otherwise seemed good.
I'd tried dry fly from bridge pillars up to the bay with no luck. Very few fish seen rising - almost all before 0900, and around the bridge pillar area.
Thanks & best regards.

When I arrived at 10.45 am the river was very muddy after the recent rain.
Started with a Dry Fly on the tip and Nymph on the dropper not a bite, after 2.00 pm changed to two brightly coloured Nymph's and had a 6 inch Brown, which was returned and that was the only bite all day.
There were no fish rising at all, the river is running quite fast, and is currently about 12-18 inched higher than it was in late May

River up perhaps 1 foot but clear. Fished middle croy 10am to mid-day, 1 9lb plus barbel and 2 around 7/8lb on large halibut pellet.
Fished pool behind submerged bottom croy until 16.00hrs and caught 4 more barbel all over 7lbs and lost large one that went downstream to end of spool line when hook snapped at bend, (a size 8 carp hook by reputable manufacturer) All on large halibut pellet with loose fed small pellets.
An 11lb plus barbel was taken by a W&U angler from this swim on Wednesday.
Salmon seen frequently surfacing between croys, tried heavy flying c with no result.
For those who have fished here recently and been entertained by the loneley duckling, its still alone but alive and growing fast.

Fished early 6am to 2pm. Intermittent rising but 6 wbt, 4 on gold head ptn and 2 on a gaudy yellow klink - between 4" to 10". 1 solid grayling 14" on ptn. Otter seen above weir - dont know who was more surprised.

I caught a 10lb salmon from the Rock Pool at the upper limits of the chainbridge beat using a 20g toby. The river had a fair bit of colour to it but by the afternoon it had faded out enough for me to land the fine 10lb salmon.