Feedback & Reports

2 Trout

Quite a chilly day with a brisk wind seemed to put the fish down with very few fish rising despite a reasonable amount of flylife on the water.
Had 3 on a flash ptn up to 14" and lost a few others.
Found this beat quite challenging compared to others I've fished on the usk but very enjoyable all the same.
As noted in the write up the wading is a bit hairy in parts! Caution required.

3 Trout

Good day but a little cold. Had a few takes but no fish today.

Haven’t been here for 10 years. Much better beat than I remembered but a blank, fish not interested. Cold with a stiff down stream breeze

Dire. Catastrophic bank erosion, the river is completely inaccessible along the entire length of the beat. Fallen trees and soft mud on the top third make access impossible. The lower two thirds are only accessible if you have a 15’ ladder in your rucksack.

Cold and windy. Reluctant fish. The 1 trout was caught on a pheasant tail nymph. Fish returned.

1 Trout

8 Trout

Strong downstream breeze with frequent gusts made casting very difficult. No fish caught. Rises seen in Finns Hole.

27 x trout 6-11 inches, Rusty Klinkhammer, Monnow Gosling. A rather cold, dull, windy afternoon with the brook high coloured after a cloudburst yesterday. However, the mayfly were up and so I changed to a bigger fly with good results.

27 Trout

Yet another superb day on this wonderful river. Insects of various species and sizes hatched all day. Lots of rising fish but for the most part they were focusing on the small stuff and even then mostly sub surface. Once the code was broken, the results were spectacular. Best fish 20”, 1x 17.5”, 3x 16” and the rest in the 14”-11” range. Most caught on a #18 para emerger on 6X tippet. Heart pounding stuff !

11 Trout