Feedback & Reports

Windy and bright at times. Plenty of fly life at times. Fish pretty choosy.

4 Trout

Lovely day fishing dry flies in a wonderful setting. Two trout to the net but when a big one came along it threw the hook. Typical!

2 Trout

Lots of insect activity and surface action right from the start. At times it was difficult to know what certain fish were taking as there was such a variety of fly on offer. The best of the fishing was when they were firmly locked onto Olive Uprights, but the fish were feeding on smaller upwings later in the afternoon. A good day, with 7 nice fish to 16”, fell agonisingly short of spectacular due to 4 breakages by much larger fish.

7 Trout

1 Trout

Did not fish - the BBC weather forecast for Talybont was heavy rain for several hours overnight, and then thunderstorms for half the day which looked very dangerous as well as unfishable. So I did not risk heading up from Devon and booked Dany Y Parc for the next day instead. Turns out I could have fished Ashford House after all though as apparently neither the heavy rain nor thunderstorms materialised! Will have to stop using the BBC weather forecasts as they have been absolutely hopeless for the Brecon Beacons recently - also very wrong for the next day predicting lots of light rain but there was not a drop. Still, Dan Y Parc fished very well so all's well that ends well!

Lovely to be on the Usk again. Fish very picky so a long leader was needed to get a good drag free drift.

7 Trout

7 Trout

Fierce sun all day, and very little sign of fish, the only regular riser being out of reach in water too deep to wade clear of the bank side trees. One pull and one hooked briefly.

1 Trout

Nice hatch of LDOs and sedge. No sign of any rising fish!

1 Trout