Feedback & Reports

Barbel - 9lb 2oz, 7lb 15oz, 7lb 8oz, 6lb 9oz, 5lb 2oz. Chub 3lb 12oz, Eel 2lb 2oz.
All on Sonubaits elliptical pellet with soaked pellets in a feeder. The river was still fairly heavily in flow and travelling debris a problem but a good short session and the first time I've caught barbel, so there's a result!

Fished the top half of the beat without success in the morning, nothing seen. Moved down to the Wood stream and then caught and released a slightly colouring 13 1/2 pound cock fish from the Bridge Stream. Gold Willie Gunn Tube. Good company from the other rods. Could have done with one of them at the net and camera.Water high,but clearing fast.

First visit to Bridge Meadow, super spinning water with only a slight cloud texture. Caught a 7 lb salmon at lower pool on gold mepp.
Also caught and released 1 small trout and 1 small salmon parr. Didn't see any further signs of salmon moving.

6 small trout and a 3-4lb grilse in the morning. A 15lbs salmon from infront the lodge at 2pm in the afternoon. The salmon was marginally bigger than those landed by the other rods who both also landed fine fish. A great day out.

Arrived at 6.30 to find a rod coming off the next beat with an 18lb bar of silver. River 0.92 on gauge but very fishable. fished hard till 5.30 with no success spinner or fly. Enjoyed andy's company for much of the day. Sorry I missed his fish. back on the river next week. A very enjoyable day. A caravanner made me a lovely cup of tea!

No salmon seen or caught all day. Probably the nicest Usk beat I have yet fished. I worked my way down the bottom half firstly and managed one trout (released), which took an orange Ally's. The owner had mentioned some salmon being in the Top Pool recently and I intended to fish there in the evening. A pair of otters had arrived before me and were digging for worms and splashing around right over the salmon lies so I called it a day at 8pm.

Water was still a little coloured but at a good level for the upper part of the beat. One salmon 15lb at the tail of Rock Pool on size 8 Boyo. Fish was a slightly coloured cock. Saw salmon in Ty Mawr above the Gravel Catch but did not meet any others. Very enjoyable day.

Nothing caught. Water still a bit coloured for the fly. A very nice stretch of water though, and wading was easy.

One caught by myself (trout rainbow). The grandsons caught 1 and the other caught 2 trout.

Water 2'2" on Llanstephan gauge and clearing. Fresh 8lber (no lice) from Leaning Willow mid morning on a smallish Usk Grub. Fish took 20yds above the boil in front of the hut, almost on the dangle. Latched onto another for a few seconds later in the afternoon in the tail of Spring Pool which came to nowt. News of 1 lost and 1 landed at Caemawr rounded off a very good day.