Feedback & Reports

River looking great. Arrived around 10:30ish. Abundant insect life but nothing rising. Fished the faster water with various nymphs with no luck. Moved up past the pumping station, still no luck. However one of the pools further up fish were rising ALOT! This was about 3pm. Fished a couple of emergers and one was taken and he put up a great fight, about 8-10 inches. Sadly he shook the hook which was annoying. Nothing after that.
Went back to the faster water and fished another emerger and got another take but again shook the hook pretty quickly, think he was a bit bigger.
Even though I blanked…. Again it’s a great beat well worth the day out

Three very nice brown trout all between 12-15 inches. Two on an emerger, one of a pheasant tail nymph

3 Trout

Fish in good condition. 1x 14” 1x8””. None taken. Water low and very clear. Both fell to Hares Ear #16 with flash back thorax cover. Fished from upstream limit to weir within glides. Both caught by 10:30. Little activity after that

2 Trout

Although the river was low, there was still plenty of fishable water. No significant rises to speak of, but the fish were taking nymphs throughout the day (up until leaving the stretch at 4.30pm).

The biggest fish was just shy of 2lbs, and the rest between 1/2lb and 1 1/4lbs, all very healthy and caught Euro style in the streamy water on PT jig patterns.

All in all, a lovely day on the Usk!

4 Trout

8 Trout

Gin clear water made it good fun sight fishing to some lumpy fish downstream of the bridge. a few olives coming off but not a huge hatch. I had 3 from 12 to 14" which all took dries, they torn line off when hooked in thin water.
It was very heartening to see a good pod of Grilse swim past and one bar of silver leapt just in front of me "wow" the the sun caught his silver flanks.

3 Trout

One small, one decent sized brownie, bubbling until about 1ish, very quiet afterwards

2 Trout

First time on this beat. Initially I went to the"island" parking but the river was wide, slow moving and a little coloured. Nothing moving after 20 mins so drove up to the topmost parking spot where there was a nice stretch of a couple of hundred meters of steamy water.
Loads of fly life but nothing rising. I tried dries, emergers, spiders, nymphs. There was one quick pull on a red nymph with a 3mm tungsten bead fished down and across the quicker part but otherwise nothing.
Above this section was a very long flat which I covered up to the pumping station. Nothing rising bar one very small fish in the margins (shin deep) that scarpered as soon as I put a fly near it.

It might be worth updating the map slightly with the footpaths. I crossed to the right bank before the flats as it was easier to cast but couldn't wade past the pumping station or wade back across to the left bank. I thought there was a footpath so got out but was informed by a house owner that it was all private so I promptly jumped back in and went back to the parking area where I could cross back over.

None today. sunny afternoon fishing wet fly. River low-ish

Euro style fishing fast water. Water quite fast and high, no rising fish seen.
Nice brown of 1lb 12oz, a few lost after throwing hook.

2 Trout