Feedback & Reports

Under the expert tutelage of Oliver Burch, we caught about 15 trout up to 15" on spiders and Czech nymph. There was virtually no hatch, plus a cool north wind, making dry fly pretty hopeless, though the (often quite visible) fish were clearly nymphing. A varied and extensive beat evidently full of fish (including one salmon seen jumping).

15 Trout

Lovely stretch, river in good condition very sunny day fished morning 9-1 with no joy on dry flies. A few fish were rising to the odd hatch but could not temp them. Fished afternoon 5-9 caught fish on black tadpole style nymph. Saw salmon splashing at the bottom end of the beat and startled a very large brown trout that was lying in a small pool by the exit gate which inspired me to come back.

3 Trout

3 brown trout to 9" taken on wet fly. Conditions windy and cold with some outbreaks of sunshine. Very little movement of fish. River in perfect condition.

3 Trout

Both 8/10 inch brownies caught on a size 14 klinkhammer fished dry in fast moving water. Both fish returned .
Super days fishing in fabulous surroundings - I will come again

2 Trout

New beat for me, good access to river but no fly life to speak of. Fished nymphs for trout to 12 inches. Hope to come back later and hope to fish dries as this beat looks full of potential. Fish to 12 inches all returned.

11 Trout

River a tad high, water a tad coloured, fish a tad absent, wind a tad strong. Great beat, shared with an otter.

Very windy and wet day few fish rising but incredible number of olives hatching all day. Dries unsuccessful but small nymphs did the trick.

11 Trout

Horrible strong downstream wind made fishing a real challenge. Some good hatches of olives and mayfly nevertheless. A big hatch and rise mid beat before midday. Caught on Para Adams, brown klink and black klinks.

12 Trout

Fantastic beat with lots of different features, good riffles and long dry flats. Tough going in the morning but good show of risers late into the evening around 7pm. Had several takes on various dry flys but fish were very suspicious and spat out the fly as soon as mouthed resulting in no takes. Great day out on the Usk.

Bitterly cold, strong wind all day, making for challenging fly fishing. After heavy overnight rain, the river rose six inches during the afternoon. Despite conditions, fish were rising freely, esp. during the cloudy spells. We caught six fish, best was 1.5lbs with two at 1lb and the rest at .75lbs. Two fish in the 2lbs plus category came unbuttoned, and all on a dry Adams. There was a wide variety of fly about, of all sizes and shapes, but you had to be quick to get a good look at any before they were systematically removed from the air by squadrons of sand martins.....they really should spare a few for the trout!!

6 Trout