Feedback & Reports

I checked the camera at Brecon a little after 7am and decided to try this beat for the day. However, when I arrived in Sennybridge just before 9am the river told a different story. It had risen considerably and taken on a lot of colour in the space of 90 minutes. So unsure what to do I decided to hang around for a few hours and see what happened. By 1pm the river level had dropped approx 9inch but was still quite coloured, I decided I'd get kitted up and give it a go. I fished the backwaters and creases with heavy nymphs until 3pm but to no avail. As this was only my 2nd time on this beat I was reluctant to wade to far into the river to try and access better water due to it's speed and lack of visibility. Due to family commitments I had to leave shortly after 3pm but I'm sure given better conditions this would be a superb days fishing.

1 good trout of about 15inches and 2 of about 10inches all caught within the same pool within 5 mins. No other fish seen or touched for the rest of the day. It amazes me that there doesn't seem to be as many fish in this beat compared to other beats on the Usk. I've been fishing the Usk beats for 3yrs now and I always struggle on this stretch. Such a shame as its probably one of the more diverse and picturesque beats of them all.

3 Trout

Fished the lower end from the 2nd parking spot, what a stunning stretch of river!
They say the Usk fishes best in the spring though I could probably have done better without my reel going in to center-pin mode! Never the less, an enjoyable few hours on the river. One wbt 8ins another lost at hand. Thanks always WUF.

1 Trout

We caught and released 5 small trout, ranging from 6 to 10 inches in the morning on the upper section of the beat. In the afternoon, we moved to the lower section, however as temperature rose, the fish became less active and had less appetite. Although we patiently carried on fishing until late evening with the belief that the fish would start to rise as the temperature dropped off once again, we ended up no catch in the afternoon.
We saw some decent size fishes cruising at the bottom of shallow water but they were not interested in flies and disappeared to somewhere as we stared to fish.
Water was very clear, the level was very low, and the flow on the pools was very slow like still water.
It's been long hot days, we need rain, and the fish need rain!

5 Trout

2 small trout on the fly, river very low.

2 Trout

A bright sunny day and the river was very clear and not many trout seen. Those that were seen were very easily spooked. Difficult fishing all day.

Lovely beat! But rained heavily in the evening so was unable to carry on fishing. Couldn't see any fish but there was the occasional rise.

Warm evening, not much rising, one 2lb brown trout caught on hares ear nymph.

1 Trout

Fished for a couple of hours, hot evening, one decent fish on then off!! Klinkhammer off the surface.

Wet conditions but much less windy that the last few days. River was up a bit with a good flow, but quite clear. Various hatches of olive, midge and sedge. Caught 1 fish on a GHRE, but the rest came on an X-caddis which was used to target rising fish. Most fish were 8-10inches with 2 notable exceptions weighing in at 2lbs. All returned. Only fished the lower section, so still much to explore on this beat.

8 Trout