Feedback & Reports

No luck this time.

Near perfect day. River level very good, wind southerly, birds singing, flowers flowering, flies hatching, trout rising (well a few anyway). Best fly, GRHE nymph. But a dry Kites Imperial got one on the surface when there were a few Large Dark Olives about.

4 Trout

All fish taken on nymphs and around 12inches.

4 Trout

Relocated here after found out by chance our booking was cancelled at Bigsweir. Told access road was fine but as per other feedback here, really only passable with 4WD. Caught a 1lb trout on the fly on the ledge in Black Hole. Saw nothing else. Nice clean stretch of river, wade with care.

1 Trout

River conditions good. Access from bank and wading found to be challenging. Two fish were hooked but shed the hook withing seconds both times. Only sporadic rises to a small hatch.

River up a couple of inches with overnight rain but clear. Warm spring sunshine late morning and 2 trout of 12 and 13inches. Larger on an elk hair emerger, small on hairs ear nymph. Lovely setting up through the wooded section. Larger trout taken. Wading has bee commented on in previous entries and certainly needs care

2 Trout

A lovely day for fly fishing; warm but not too bright. Saw 4 trout all day and caught one. No salmon. Two problems: after the tarmac finishes at the first car park, it was not traversable in my car, which grounded several times in the first 100m. Secondly, about 12 canoeists appeared. I mentioned their season was over and their leader assured me I was wrong. I'm sure I am not.
WUF Note: Canoeists are not permitted on the upper Usk (except Brecon prom) between 3rd March and 17th October unless water heights are over the red line at the Brecon gauge (full details here). If you come across any paddlers during this time please inform them of the arrangements and make a note of where they are from (if they are in an organised group) and report it to WUF.

1 Trout

1lb trout on a tan klinkhammer, only fish I saw rise all day. 2lb trout on PTN. Both fish returned safely.

2 Trout

Cold and wet day. No fly life apparent and no fishing activity. Great stretch of river and will return with enthusiasm in a few weeks.

3 nice fish, 2 at 14", 1 at 17" fishing weighted spiders across the streamy runs - well worth the drive! The "smaller" fish were fairly lean. I caught them between 11am and 1. There was a hatch of olives which started at about 1, after which I caught nothing! No surface activity and no march browns. River was in good order but there was a gusty downstream wind most of the day. Wading staff and polaroids (to see the bottom) were important to me.

3 Trout