Feedback & Reports

I've fished this beat a number of times before without much success. I keep coming back not only because it is such a stunning place but also because people keep telling me how wonderful the fishing can be. Today I saw a little of that: all six of the fish I caught were absolutely beautiful and the best of them was just over a pound. I arrived early and it was an hour or two before I saw the first rise. This fish refused most of my offerings but finally fell to a bibio so I'm guessing it was feeding on terrestrials falling from the trees. There was a bit of surface action around the middle of the day and I managed to take one fish on a dry mayfly, but pretty much everything else came to the bibio. Lovely day in the spring sunshine.

6 Trout

Only fished an hour or so but no sign of fish today.

Tried a heavy headed nymph and a few different wet flies such as Mallard & Claret, Greenwells Glory. River quite low.
First time on this beat- absolutely lovely despite no fish!

Beautiful sunny day but the river was higher than I expected and higher than the Usk catchment stream. Quite clear though. No hatches or rises seen. Trout took small hare's ear goldhead. two dead lambs lying on the bottom at one point upstream of the footbridge.

2 Trout

lovely evening - very bright to start with. Last fish was the best I have ever had from theses waters, natural brown trout -very healthy strong and fat. over 15 ins and probably over a pound in weight - took line out and gave a great fight. Cant believe I have this wild stream fishing on my doorstep.

4 Trout

River level very low - large parts of beat unfishable. All fish taken from fast deep pools/runs of which there weren't many!
Best fish was 15" the other five were between 6 & 9". All caught on weighted nymph.

6 Trout

Two hours evening fishing. Fish lying at bottom end of pools and fast water, big hatch but not great rise. Adams fly.-lovely easy accessible wading. Met local farmer-was really interested in the river and fishing. Best think I have done to buy the wild stream permit-

4 Trout

5 small trout on nymphs. No fish seen feeding. River was very low.

5 Trout

Bright cloudy day with a stiff breeze. Fished through the morning very few rising fish, no takers.