Feedback & Reports

1 Trout

Fished from 1pm till 8.30pm should have stayed a little later as there were quite a few fish rising but a 2 hr journey home. River was up and quite fast flowing so didn't fish far from the bank caught grayling and trout on dry's and a small trout on a nymph and a lot of missed fish
We had the pleasure of meeting Shaun the beat owner who gave us plenty of very good advice, thank you Shaun.
A very beautiful beat will be back very soon, hopefully when A W from Ledbury has dried out after another wild swimming experience!!

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

We finally got to fish the beat having won the session in a W&UF auction back in November 2020! It was great fun and a genuinely memorable day. Barri the owner was really accommodating in terms of being flexible and fitting our visit in - Covid lockdowns in 2021 and last year's extended hot dry spell preventing us going before now. We couldn't have asked for more from him, having got regular phone call updates in the intervening period.

The guide Barri provided for the day - local man Lee Davis - was first class, an excellent teacher for the three of us, all fairly experienced river fly fishermen but totally new to salmon fishing and spey casting. A few hours of hands-on casting tuition was followed by a superb lunch and a good afternoon of fishing with ongoing support and advice from Lee. It's a shame the salmon proved elusive, but we were all 'hooked' nonetheless, and will be back to try again...

1 Chub

Really interesting bit of water. I think i got a bit confused and actually went further up the Monnow than i should have.... The entry up the Olchon is fenced and looks liek one shouldn't go up it!

Managed 4 WBT between 10 - 12". 2 on para adams, 2 on comparadun thing-y. Hooked at least 5 more that all got off. Quite a lot of action in most pools though struggled to really find what they were feeding on. Also they were easily spooky.

4 Trout

Water level 0.350 at Usk gauge and a bit coloured. First time in Llwyn Corner for me. Although the beat is around 1/2 mile in length I could only really fish about 200m of water with the fly for salmon which was the Salmon Pool and a little above and below. If trout fishing you would have around 300m with some nice dry fly water above the Salmon pool. I walked the whole beat and although there is more good fly water it appears to be only accessable and fishable from the opposite bank with no wadable access from Llwyn Corner. The opposite bank has access to the Salmon pool so I can imagine things could be a bit crowded if someone was fishing from that bank. On the plus side there are loads of trout and a couple of salmon were showing. If you're happy to fish the same pool several times It's not a bad bit of water. Parking is very close to the river and the sheep are very friendly.

5 Trout

7 Trout

1 Trout

Conditions looked good - river running quite high (yet clear) after a few days of rain - but no fish caught or tempted. Only one rising fish seen. Two hours fishing.

Not a good day cought more branches in the water than fish and banks all overgrown

Nice to see the river level rising, all the chub caught were a decent average size of 2 - 4lb on pellet and meat.

1 Barbel, 15 Chub