Feedback & Reports

1 brown trout ~ 10 oz on a dry grey duster. Very few fish moving and not much in the way of insects just a few large olives and a single march brown. The wheat fields which come right down to the rivers edge were being sprayed at the time so I wonder whether this had anything to do with the lack of insects and activity. A local who was fishing on the opposite side of the river also only caught 1 fish on a partridge and orange he said this part of the river didnt get much in the way of March brown or Grannom hatches - is this true? I talked to someone in fishtec who said there had been a really large hatch of march browns on the Breconshire fishery a couple of days before and this was fishing well. Made me wonder if trout migrate up and down the river following hatches. Would be useful if the beat map had the pool names marked on it. I think it goes bridge pool, stone pool, chain pool, blue pool but not sure.
This is a fairly featureless bit of river with long slow pools and short fast sections in between. It has some nice long glides which could provide some nice dry fly fishing if there was a decent hatch. Maybe this part of the river is better later in the year.

1 Trout

First time on this beat, missed the turning to the House twice! The sign mentioned on the beat directions is almost all covered by greenery now.
3 WBT caught, a good 5-6 missed or lost. Best fish was about 1.5lb at least and gave a great account of itself. Nice mix of water, near the top of the beat is where I had all my success. Not much of a hatch, there was a brief flurry of olives and the trout switched on and that's when I had all my fish. All fish caught on bead headed nymphs although did have two offers to the dry fly. A cracking day once again, thanks to WUF.

3 Trout

A lovely day with the river fining down slowly. Not a great deal of fly hatching initially but after lunch some LDO's started to show and a pod of fish fed on them giving a brief but hectic period of sport. More fish lost than landed! A really enjoyable day in beautiful sorroundings.

4 Trout

A changeable day weather-wise. Occasional rain and chill wind interspersed with some lovely warm spells with the sun almost making it through the cloud.
The river had a little colour to it and seemed a bit higher than this time last year. No sign of movement in the morning so I fished various weighted patterns on a sink tip, having some aggressive knocks on a diawl bach that resulted in two wbt in the quicker sections towards the top of the beat, 6" and 9".
At about 2pm there was a very short hatch of what I'm pretty sure were March Browns. It lasted long enough for me to execute a panicked line and leader change, the sound of trout launching themselves at the struggling March Browns rising to a crescendo as I snapped my first rushed attempt at a knot and then hooked myself on the first false cast. It was all over before I got my fly on the water and I only saw one more rise for the rest of the afternoon but I carried on with dries being rewarded with a really lovely 14" wbt that came out of the depths for an olive cdc.
A very enjoyable start to the season.

3 Trout

Still and misty, drizzle in afternoon and heavy rain after. Not cold.
Hatch at 1pm for about half an hour, fish rising and caught 3 around a pound.
Tried nymphs rest of day, nothing.

3 Trout

An inauspicious start as the rain started once over the Severn bridge. Still it was warmer than last May's visit and much less windy. The rain stopped around noon. This is a lovely beat; the water was crystal clear and quite low. Very little fly life seen, mainly LDOs but did I see a couple of March browns? To the fishing, all caught on GRHE upstream bar one on a spider. All released, all a good size and all gave a good fight with plenty of jumping. Best just over a pound - still quite skinny for their length. The streamy water at the top of the beat was the most productive.

7 Trout

Lovely stretch of river, a little high, 1 or 2 small hatches (large dark olives I think) during day, largest at 12:30pm. 1 wbt 11" taken on Kites Imperial at around 5pm on lower boundary of beat.

1 Trout

In spite of very cold conditions, around 4 degrees C at start of day, there was a reasonable hatch of LDOs in the middle of the day and a few fish rising. Two fish caught with one taken appox 1lb. Both fish caught on a poly-winged dry Greenwells Glory. Several other fish hooked and lost. An enjoyable days fishing on a beautiful stretch of the Usk - will definitely come back.

2 Trout

Lovely beat, probably better with a foot or so less water. Small hatches of March Browns at 2pm and 4pm when the sun shone though no fish showing on the surface at all.

3 Trout

Cold and windy day overcast and some rain.
Mid day a very brief hatch of March Browns which saw a few fish rise. Rain came back in and hatch and feed stopped.
No fish caught but still a great day.