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Very Hot conditions and bright sunshine made fishing difficult. most fish caught early am near car park area. Not many swims or access points to river to enable wading. Downstream from car park. Could do with some clearance to offer access into river and more swims.

All fish caught on pellet/feeder.

3 Barbel, 2 Chub

Two scorching days with the river was up 4 inches higher than usual (according to a regular)
Very quiet trout-wise, the two of us only saw about dozen individual rises along the mile-and-a-half stretch, in a couple of the larger pools and under the bridge. A handful of bites (on drys) but missed them all, smh.
Mayfly hatching everywhere. Absolutely lovely beat with camping next to the river, stunning. We will be back, and will 100% bring the waders next time as it's great to walk up away from the banks.

My annual trip to the Usk. River was perfect. Clear and good level. Fly fished various tube patterns but to no avail. Hot sunny day which made for a lovely day out but probably not ideal for fishing.

4 Trout

3 Trout

Excellent day, water up and coloured but clearing. Fished the peg by the farthest car parking spot.
Fished about 10 yards out with pellet on the hook over loose fed pellets. Bites came all day as long as I kept the food going in.

15 Barbel, 9 Chub

Fishing on Friday evening session for about 2 hours. It was nice sunny day and brilliant sunshine. People & dogs were swimming in the river. Wading was not easy due to the coloured water. There were plenty of Mayfly hatches, however no rising trout at all, again due to the coloured water . I’ve managed one beautiful browny by #12 Goldhead nymph.

1 Trout

Fabulous day - weather hot but bearable, river in perfect condition, fish obliging. Had a look at the upper section but swims a bit tricky. Fished the lower field and found plenty of swims, starting at the beach at the top end and finishing further down where we had the most luck. The whiskered ones were in great condition and fought like demons - all were rested well and strode off defiantly. The best were twins (or maybe the same fish) at 8 and a half pounds. Plus a couple of chub to 3 pounds. It was my mate's first visit to the Wye - needless to say he's hooked!

7 Barbel, 2 Chub

Only fished the Morning as conditions were difficult, being hot and sunny. Bites very hard to come by even though river had fined down beautifully after heavy rain earlier in week. Fish taken on meat and pellets.

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Booked 2 days on 28th and 29th. I saw a dozen jumps in different pools. The heirag, the ferry, the head of spring pool, (a big cock fish jumping 3 times), leaning willow.
But it was a blank. I tried different flies and tubes, different depths, different angles. But nothing. Very frustrating. Nonetheless, I’ll be back soon.