Feedback & Reports

This is commando fishing fighting with the vegetation but fun none the less.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

dozen or so to hand all still tight to the bottom of the small pools several plucks as well which were not connected to .. all taking size 18 2mm baetis nymph leader to hand.

12 Trout

6 x trout 6-10 inches, Goldbead Hare's Ear. The brook continues very high with most pools too turbulent for best fishing. Nothing rising. Still, nowhere else looks too good at the moment. Had a pleasant chat with the EA lady come round for a monitoring visit. Their electro-fishing results seem to confirm our general fishing experience - not a bad little stream with a population including juvenile salmon.

6 Trout

2 foot 5 on gauge and 3 foot visibility. No salmon seen. trout rod out in middle of day for 3 fish from 10-12 inches, couldn't tempt a much larger trout rising in the pool just above the Edw junction.

3 Trout

Combination lock on third gate didn't open with the code that was given in the pdf.
Left my car just outside the gate which was fine as there was room for one car.
Great day, although fishing still a bit slow.
WUF Note : We've had no other reports of there being a problem with the combination lock but we will be investigating.

Absolute waste of time. Nature seems to be a few weeks behind this year. No hatch, no fish sighted and river still VERY cold. Will be leaving it for 3 weeks or so now.

4 Trout

We popped up here for the late afternoon and evening after enjoying some March brown sport on the Usk. Bright and still for the most part, but encouraged by fish rising to hatching midgies all over the lake into the evening. We can guarantee that there are PLENTY of fish in here and they seem to be a good average size too - we managed 3 between us and as many let go - all around the pound - which isn't bad given the conditions.

3 Trout

Just the beginnings of Spring! A bright sunny and warm day. The river was very full and cold. Lots of bank erosion made access and back-casting tricky and wading a bit dangerous due to the volume of water. Quite breezy to start with but the wind died down as the afternoon progressed to a beautifully settled afternoon/evening. Saw two fish rise on the late walk back to Abergavenny at dusk but otherwise no rise at all and only 1 or 2 March Browns making an appearance mid afternoon. Nonetheless, despite tricky conditions fishing small-ish bead-headed pheasant tale nymphs I connected with 2 trout. The larger of the two I got to my feet before he got off (barbless hooks and early season rustiness on the part of the angler!) What I saw of it though was an absolutely stunning fish of about a pound and beautifully pale golden colour. Otherwise a quiet day but it's whet my appetite for the coming season!

One of those early season days when a cold night and a river full of cold rain water kept the fish in their winter hideaways. A few small olives and a very brief flurry of March Browns wasn't enough to get them moving. Nothing caught this time, but time on the water is always a better classroom than reading articles in the fishing mags that make it sound so easy.