Feedback & Reports

First time here - A few pleasant hours on an evening ticket. Fished at the top of the beat near the bridge but I was soon joined in the pool by dogs jumping in and a couple of swimmers. Walked down to the lower end of the beat for a go but nothing doing which was a surprise as the flats looked good for a rise. Good practice for the following day's fishing though and the sunset was spectacular on the drive back.

1 Trout

2 Trout

12oz and 6oz both returned in good condition. Both caught on nymphs. Not many fish rising. Smaller fish caught in fast water using Czech nymphing technique. Idyllic stretch of river. We stay at The Manor in Crickhowell - ideal for anglers: good standard accommodation and access to the Usk and Wye. Fishing Passport is a fantastic service for accessing fishing - it would be a nightmare of internet trawling without! Thank you.

2 Trout

Lots of lovely looking water and very few fish. Could’ve just been me but I’m not sure. I did manage to winkle a couple out but there weren’t fish where I expected to find them. Odd.

4 Trout

Nothing seen or caught, but still nice to be out on the river

Nothing seen or touched, dead lamprey in the shallows funny looking thing, river getting low now up this end

Fished the rock pool looks to have filled in a bit , shame really as this was a great pool, river low now. Lamprey spawning at the bridge great sight. one shad caught but no salmon

1 Other

Fished The Maddox (the part accessible from the left bank), The Corner Stone (twice) and The Vanstone. No salmon encountered, although saw a largish (15lb+) resident at the bottom of The Vanstone, where I unintentionally caught several chub to about 4.5 lbs.

All the above pools fished the fly well and appeared to have more than enough depth to hold salmon (Ross gauge at about 20 cm). Water temp was 58F, with the air temp comfortably above it at about 64 F. Water clarity was reasonable for the Wye and the day was largely overcast (a little sunnier later on). Encouraging conditions, I thought.

I fished a couple of small coneheads off an intermediate tip. Fishing deeper to explore the depths of the gullies might have been a better option. Will be back.

3 Chub