Feedback & Reports

Watched an otter playing 10 feet away from me for twenty minutes...but neither of us found any fish. Beautiful beat, good conditions. Fished for five hours without a bite. Perhaps too early in the season.

There were a few fish rising occasionally in slower water, especially between 12 and 2, but I couldn't get them to take despite trying loads of dries and nymphs. I did have an amazing sighting of an otter hunting right in front of me which made my day.

A cool wind and increasingly overcast conditions meant very little fly life. Team of spiders with weighted nymph on point yielded nothing. Went through the whole menu with regards size and patterns, depth but still nothing doing, not even the faintest of tugs. We both saw an otter in different parts of the beat in the morning, we wanted to ask him where all the fish were but he slid off before we could speak! This is a stunningly beautiful beat with plenty of features and variety along its length. If I do return it will be later in the year as mid April is too early.

Arrived to find another car unexpectedly in the car park. Turned out to be two fly fishermen (with all the fancy gear), fishing without permission. Reported this to the Owner. It seems that poachers are becoming more sophisticated! Having sent them on their way I enjoyed a lovely day on this one of my favourite Usk beats. Fishing was a little slow with just sporadic LDO and March Browns hatching, but managed three trout to 13": on on nymph 2 on dry. All returned.

WUF Note: Thanks for reporting the poachers! If you ever see anything suspicious, always report it.

3 Trout

Plenty of flies on the water

3 Trout

1 Trout

One of my favorite beats, the water levels were very good. Nice fish mostly taken on nymphs, with lots of olives, some grannom and a few march browns around, though not many fish rising. Lovely day, very slippery tough wading .

18 Trout

6 Trout