Feedback & Reports

Fishing on an evening ticket I started from the bottom of the beat. This was my first visit to this beat and first time on the Usk in probably six years. The weather was increasingly bad with heavy rain and blustery winds. Regardless of the conditions there were a lot of flies coming off (BWO, Large Olive, etc) plus some spinners. A few steadily rising fish were found and I had takes on small grey wolf and CDC&Elk. Missed or lost every one. Blank.

Water low and clear, but plenty of flow on this beat. Fished small nymphs, landed 3 trout, lost one good fish and missed a few takes too. Very nice day was had.

3 Trout

Just fished in the morning, all caught on the nymph under a klink. One trout just a few inches, other and the grayling around 1/2 lb

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

2 nice trout of just under a lb on nymphs through channels.

2 Trout

Gromain x 3 rods salmon
Very low , very pretty. At this height the sandstone gutters could be best fished with a Switch or 9' single handed rod .
2 shad of c. 2lb on # 10 stoat's tail.
No salmon or trout seen - needs about 4'' more....

2 Other

A brief reconnaissance in preparation for a future visit - some lovely water and plenty of it. The rain and wind didn’t stop the fish showing and had great sport on dries. Looking forward to spending a day on this beat - you need it!

6 Trout

Attractive beat but the river was low and very slow in places. Some fly life of little interest to the fish. The faster water and nymph proved the best chance.

1 Trout

One trout about 9in safely returned. A couple of missed takes all on dry fly.

1 Trout

River low. A lot of fly life after 11.30 - various species, including huge swarms of midge. Fish caught on dries - Olive imitators. Some fish seen feeding very selectively on what appeared to be surface midge

4 Trout

A couple of hours in the afternoon with hatching olives and mayfly and rising trout in one pool that ignored everything I threw at them, probably fixated on olive emergers.