Feedback & Reports

I had a beautiful evening fishing this wonderful stretch of the Usk. Yes access is tricky but not impossible. I'd advise the use of a stout wading staff on the banks with quite a lot of clambering to be expected. This river is absolutely teeming with trout, many of which seem to be some considerable size. Despite careful presentation of a dry fly I could not induce takes on the slow moving shallower sections where trout were freely rising to sedge (I think?). From 7 onwards things got more exciting and after many takes missed I managed a beauty of a fish (around 2lbs) on a black parachute fished upstream. My second of the evening was on the same fly fished across and down into a run that was clearly teeming with fish.

2 Trout

Weather hot two small trout in morning on nymphs and one larger in afternoon on a klink. Access on river Bank not easy.

3 Trout

4 Trout

No luck today, beautiful weather, nice experience but no fish whatsoever. I've done flyfishing only lots of casting beginner. Thank you.

Fished all day, only two small trout on nymphs, 4" and 6". Beautiful part of the river but the access is atrocious. A previous report highlighted 8' bracken, and they're not kidding. Impossible to see the river through it and if you don't know the beat you would not find the access points. Work is definitely overdue on this stretch.

2 Trout

Couple of hours from 5pm. Plenty of bites. Nothing on for long.

Arrived late afternoon for a short evening session and was amazed how the beat has changed since my last visit in May. Massively overgrown along much of its length, the river not visible through 8’ high ferns, the path has disappeared with long grass and weeds to wrap around your feet and trip you up, nasty bitey insects and a long, hot, sweaty walk to the far end of the beat where the river is more accessible...I hate the summer!

Once fishing as the evening progressed there were plenty of rising fish to target but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they were rising to, I managed 3, lost one or two and missed more than I’d like to admit. An entertaining enough evening before the long walk back and a pint in Llangynidr. Thank you WUF.

3 Trout

overcast, 18 deg. very little rising.

8 Trout