Feedback & Reports

1 x 7oz Dace

6 Barbel, 2 Chub, 1 Other

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

arrived at around 645 and had a walk from the line of trees to the right hand boundary. settled in to a swim and caught a barbel within the first hour which was around 8lbs on pellet feeder.

no further bites here and found it a bit hit or miss with finding clear spots / weed - the water was a dark copper colour so visibility wasnt good for spotting fish / weed / river bed.

tried several swims along the beat and caught only chub thereafter. the bailiff visited and commented that sometimes the fish are there to be caught and sometimes they seem to dissappear. happy to catch one but gutted i didnt have a day with multiple fish

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

Chub took over today. Hard to get any Barbel. They switched on later in the day. Can’t complain with 33 Chub over 3lb and one 5lber. Barbel bites were very finicky. Met Colin and had a good chat - he keeps the fishery brilliantly maintained - thx

4 Barbel, 33 Chub

Very slow day, river still an odd brown colour with visibility down to about a foot.
Only 2 barbel but both were 9lb + which was a bonus. Both from a lovely looking run right at the far end of the beat
Odd couple of walkers decided to sit right behind us then one of them went to go for a swim in our swim until he was advised that wasn't a good idea!
Loads of salmon seen all day and I think this stretch is paying salmon fishing prices for course fishing which I'm not sure is worth it in the end. Nice stretch though but at twice as much as other wye and Usk stretches probably won't revisit this one. Was great being able to drive the full length right on the river bank

2 Barbel, 2 Chub

Second day on MHC and similar conditions. Managed to catch 3 barbel but just feel there's something not quite right at the moment. It was suggested that the algae may be having an affect on the lack of barbel being caught when compared with previous years.

3 Barbel, 8 Chub

Warm and balmy evening and water clear and low. Elected to fish the faster water at Woodstream with a wet deer hair sedge and made contact at 18.15 with a large fish which took lots of line of 2.5lb tip only and led me a merry dance before landing a super 3.5lb Chub, the largest I have caught in the Usk on fly in over 40 years. Netted and safely returned. Made my day.
Sky cleared and wind sprang up and surprisingly no further fish caught.

1 Chub

Not 1 bite after 8 hrs.

10 Trout