Feedback & Reports

I saw middle Wye Grannom for the first time yesterday (early - it’s still March….just). So, with sun forecast but unable to fish the sunny Grannom hatch this morning, and with windy easterlies for the rest of the week, I decided to see if anyone was mopping up any cripples, or tail-end Charlies, for a couple of hours on the home patch here on The Red Lion waters this afternoon. Not surprisingly, as it was very still and 18 degrees (March!!!), I found some fish sipping and hoped that they would be trout. Sadly, they weren’t, but a 5 and 5.5lb chub proved that a Goran’s Sedge, tied with a Grannom body, still does the bizz. I left the rest of these out-of-season chub to just eat naturals but couldn’t find any trout. Still a few MBs on the water, mid to late afternoon. Hopefully, with the sun shining for the rest of the week to trigger the Grannom hatch, I'll find the trout tomorrow morning, before the wind really gets up?

2 Chub

Lovely sunny day. Fished dry fly only and caught five trout on buoyant sedge patterns (Goddard, Rat-faced McDougal). Managed to avoid falling in all weekend until trying to leave the river today when we both took an unplanned bath. Very pleased with the state of the Usk though after a couple of years away. So many thanks to all those involved in preserving it

5 Trout

Despite bright sunshine, a steady trickle of olives got the fish going. They were taking dries and nymphs for over two hours . They averaged around 9”, the bigger ones giving a good account of themselves in medium fast water above Trerickett Bridge.

15 Trout, 12 Grayling

Hard going in the morning below the bridge, clear skies and river at summer low. A few medium olives and grannom about but hardly saw a rising fish.
A little better in the middle of the beat in the afternoon.

7 Trout, 2 Grayling

Two trout catch and release.
Caught on dry flies - March brown and a parachute Olive

2 Trout

3 Trout

There was plenty of grannom about in the morning and fish rising. Soon as I had set up and ready to fish the hatch had stopped and no sign of rising fish. Did miss a take on a dry sedge and had one take on a nymph which was landed. Should have got there earlier in the morning.

1 Trout

1 Trout

3 brown trout caught but all lost whilst playing them much to my frustration, all due to jumping and head shakes. Further 3 pulls on the spiders too. Massive day full of match browns, at times I had at least a dozen covering me. So many fish rising for all the match browns, not interested in my dry fly, just too much choice!

3 Trout

Decent. Fresh, clean water, big hatch of LDOs. Lots to like.

3 Trout, 7 Grayling