Feedback & Reports

Late start due to car problems and arrived on beautiful day full of optimism. Tried a number of swims but the barbel just did not oblige depsite river looking favourable. The character of this beat has changed considerably with the removal of a number of trees. At east a couple of chub turned up to the party!

2 Chub

No fish taken on what looked a promising day nymphing for the 2 hours spent there Looking forward to dry fly fishing later in year Lovely surroundings

Access has been improved ,but still a struggle when you can't leave anything at home.
Slow start but late afternoon really came alive ,dusk saw the barbel take an interest. Fabulous day ,first burn of the year, as in the sun and glare all day.

3 Barbel, 10 Chub

Beautiful weather for final day of the season for me. Had a chub bonanza on the float, biggest went 5lb 10oz. Superb sport. I actually ran out of bait around 4pm. Roll on the next season

33 Chub

Gin clear river and very tough conditions with bright sun. The fish were not active, and the water was still very cold. Managed to scratch a couple out on nymphs. Winter floods have changed some of the beat.

2 Trout

Warm sunny day, with an occasional light breeze, river running clear. Beautiful day out on the river, lots of chub (I lost count) and some bonus barbel too.

7 Trout, 4 Barbel, 20 Chub

We caught 3 Barbel to 8lb & 21 Chub to 4lb 14oz.

3 Barbel, 21 Chub

Beautiful sunny day, around 16c by midday. Usk town gauge at 0.5, water clear and fast, nice wading height mostly.
My wife caught the first trout, around 1.5lbs, euro nymphing below the island between the bridges, caught on a blowtorch nymph.
At about 12 some ldo's started to trickle off and by 12.30 we started to see some rises. I put on a parachute olive dun and fished the flats just below the footbridge where I hooked a beautiful fish I had seen rising, unfortunately threw the fly after a short fight. 2 minutes later I hooked another and landed. My first of the season and on a dry!

2 Trout

Fished two different sections which are usually very prolific, really struggled to get a bite , surprised to see the river at almost summer levels and regretted not bringing the float rods , on the other hand it was a beautiful day and a joy to just sit and basque in the sunshine .
Not the haul we were anticipating but a fish each saved us both from a blank

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

Weather was warm for a mid March session. Chub caught using trotting and feeder methods. Lost a good size barbel on middle section of river.

3 Chub