Feedback & Reports

Arrived at 10am to find the river flowing with a little colour and extra volume from the rain earlier in the week. I also found a team of 4 goosander working the pool below the upper bridge, so headed straight to the lower end.
Worked my way upstream with nymphs picking up a handful of 8-12" fish. Plucked a couple of bigger ones but nothing of any great size brought to hand. All fish returned safely.

8 Trout

Low, clear water, wet fly success. Fish 8 to 10 inches, all returned in good condition.

4 Trout

1 Trout

Penpont is such a beautiful place and it's a joy to fish there. Sadly, there was very little evidence of fish. There were trout near the bridge as usual, but nothing at all otherwise.
Also two other fishermen arrived. I don't think they were 'guests of the house' either.

WUF note - Please report any suspicious activity immediately to the Foundation or failing that, to the NRW incident line 0800 807060.

Extremely hot day which made for a beautiful day on the river but a difficult time fishing. 2 small trout caught on nymph. Waited for an evening rise/spinner fall but it did not happen.

2 Trout

2 trout of about 12" on upstream bead head nymphs in deep riffles. A very bright day, 23 degrees C with quite low water, but couldn't stay late today so probably missed the best of it. A few smallish (medium) olives coming off most of the afternoon but rises were very few and far between.

2 Trout

A lovely days sport with fish coming off all morning. No fish rising so all fish taken on nymphs.
Most fish 8 - 12" but had 2 x 15". Plenty of BIG fish seen throughout the beat but no takers today.
The wind strengthened around lunchtime and made things a little more difficult but by this time I'd had my fill and left about 2pm.

12 Trout

Excellent days fishing although very little surface activity. The nymph ruled until 9.30pm when a spinner fall made for good dry fly. Best fish 1.5lb. Most fish around 12oz mark.

16 Trout

Booked for a day at Skenfrith but the water visibility was less than 2"- rained off.
Quick call to booking office and I was on my way to Penpont to try my luck on the upper Usk. I must congratulate the WUF on their service and the person who helped me on the phone.
The upper Usk was up and coloured and made wading very tricky - but the water cleared late on and was dropping. The trout were on holiday but I managed 4 babies and one juvenile. Very little fly on the water and little fish activity. Stayed until 9 pm but there was no evening rise or much increased fly life.
Driving home over the Brecon Beacon mountains was worth the trip in itself - clear sky with a full moon on the ascent on my left and the remains of a superb sunset on my right with the Carmarthenshire vans silhouetted in the creeping gloaming.

5 Trout

Dodged the heavy showers and electrical storm but what an interesting place to fish. Not surprisingly little surface activity and lucky to find 4 trout 6-12inches on a deep gold head pheasant tail nymph.

4 Trout