Feedback & Reports

Having been beaten by the high flows the day before at Cwmwysg Ganol, it was a pleasure to see the river had dropped substantially overnight, and continued to drop through the day. A warmer day saw Penpont at nearly optimum conditions - a good flow of water, light wind, warm air. All these combine to bring the hatches on, and as seems to be the case every year, free rising fish.
Would recommend the lower end of the beat - despite camp sites next to the river, there are fish to be caught there.
Penpont is a dry fly heaven if your casting is accurate, and there are fish to be had all along the beat, especially in the glides. There are also fish to be had above the bridge on both sides, but wading in anything other than summer flows is risky - it is deeper that it looks. If you fancy an adventure, take a walk upstream; a very different river.
Penpont is imho the easiest beat on the Usk for wading, and rewards a stealthy approach. It is also a magnificent place to visit, and the scenery alone is well worth the fishing fee. We camped overnight on the banks of the river. The proprietors have gone to great trouble to ensure well-appointed and clean facilities.
On this occasion, I landed 4 brown trout to 14 inches, and lost 4 others, all on a size 14 brown pheasant tail dry. My companion, a beginner, pricked a few but couldn't land any. These fish give a great account of themselves - I call them the Penpont Airborne Division. There are bigger fish in this beat, and on the right day, they will oblige with great memories of 'Penpont Porkers' taken and lost.

Rainy start to the day but cleared a bit by mid morning, level showing 1'4" on the brecon gauge. Returned 2 browns both about 11" taken on an olive paradun during one of the sporadic hatches about halfway down the beat. Rain started again late afternoon so headed home. Lovely stretch of river.

Good days fishing on a lovely beat, the sun even came out. Caught four brown trout of 12". Accompanied most of the day by a very busy otter.

6 trout caught between us up to 3/4 of a pound, size 16 G/Heads. Several good size trout lost. Water clear. A very enjoyable days fishing.

Unfortunately the Usk was in flood so we could not fish at Penpont so nil return. We were there for 3 days and was unable to fish our beats due to the bad weather.

Did not fish because of flood conditions

Penpont was a great place to spend the day with Bob and Naithan. All in all around 8 fish were landed with a few missed or long range released. A good hatch around 1pm had the fish looking up all afternoon.

Caught only one nice brown trout of 13 inch. The other rod blanked. Saw a female goosander with 6 youngsters at Aberbran bridge at the downstream end of the beat. I will report that at the applicable website.

My son had one trout and caught him with a nymph. We had some showers and saw some fish in the afternoon.

13 brown trout caught and returned, 6 on nymphs, 7 on dries
weights between 8 oz and 1.5 lbs. A very large brown was hooked and lost, estimated to be around 4.5 lbs +.