Feedback & Reports

I spent from 12noon - 2.30pm on The Dulas hoping to find swarms of Danica but was unlucky. Perhaps they've all emerged as only occasional imagos were evident. The stream was very low and seemed almost lifeless - perhaps with such low flow there is a lack of oxygen.
The three rising fish seen all fell to Mike Weaver's hackled Mayfly pattern and the fourth was lifted from the depths of a deep pool with a weighted Endrick Spider.
The recent high winds have created more work for the clearing gang next winter with some quite large trees across the stream - but I can report that they don't restrict the fishing too much for the present time.

4 Trout

Back on the Usk after 45 years!
Very little fly life and only saw 5 fish move. Rose and caught two on a jingler, but really hard work due to an increasingly stiff downstream wind.

3 Trout

Weather sunny, windy and warm. Water low and clear. Little hatch beside olives and a dribble of mayfly. Nymph unsuccessful. No rising fish but changed to dry olive variant at midday. Resulted in two fish .. First 2lb 2oz second 1lb 3oz. Left river at 1400.

2 Trout

6 x BT between 9 and 12 inches, all returned safely. One on mayfly and 5 on Adams. Downstream wind and bright sun made conditions difficult until around 4.30 pm when the fish came on the feed.

6 Trout

A fifth salmon weighing 8lbs on fly at 3.20pm to my rod today. My highest one day catch in 22 years at the Nyth!

1 Salmon

Lots of fly life but most rises seemed to be fry. Persisted with the dry too long. Eventually went to the dark side and switched to a Walkers Mayfly Nymph and took 3 WBT from where the Escley joins.

3 Trout

2 trout on dry mayflies. 35cm and 30cm both taken.

2 Trout

Robin Woods - 8lb on a willie gun waddingtons.
Steven Grimwood - 7lb on a #8 silver doctor, both out of the Aber Pool.

2 Salmon

Beaten again by the wind on the Arrow. A few fish rising between the bridges as I arrived at 3pm and one WBT 9" to hand on a mayfly pattern. Increasing wind seemed to put the fish down and all very quiet at 7:30 and didn't feel like a late rise was on the cards so called it a day.

1 Trout

Conditions reasonable but a bit bright for most of the day.
Very few mayfly about and even fewer rising fish. Fished for the 'mayfly experience'- didn't happen.