Feedback & Reports

Managed a couple of hours fishing this morning on the Taf Fawr which is another one of MTAA small streams on the upper Taff catchment. I managed to catch several trout wild brown trout up to 3/4lb and several salmon smolts which is amazing as salmon have only been able to get over a set of wiers at Cefn Ceod viaduct for the past three spawning seasons.

7 Trout

Downstream wind, but manageable. A few fly hatched. 5 trout and 3 grayling on blue dun wet and dry. 8 to 10 inches. Best around mid day.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

Interesting day, excellent start to meet the beat owner and his wife who were really helpful (and had caught one and hooked and lost one the previous evening!) Advice was to fish an Usk grub/ shrimp 8 perhaps even a 10. It's a short beat but with a bit of application and care I enjoyed fly fishing a small run around Bakers cribb and obviously the run into the top of Cadora. I visited these spots multiple times through out the day to no avail but a rod had an 11lb Salmon opposite on a spinner in the morning. Nice to see shoals of smolts passing downstream when the water was calm in the evening. Many thanks MH and WUF.

Water low and very clear. Could do with a drop of rain. All fish about 6-7" in perfect conditions and very quick, taken on an Adams, size 18.

5 Trout

A beautiful spring day on the Usk. My first visit this far upstream. After a quiet morning the Olives started to appear at lunchtime, with several fish rising to them. I couldn't persuade them to take my offerings. Mid afternoon I hooked into a nice 14" WBT using a pale spider, one that I had tied, which added to the pleasure. Fish safely released. I covered only a fraction of the beat and will be back soon to explore some more.

1 Trout

Good day on a new beat. 2 chub around 1lb caught accidentally on spinner followed by a cracking 5lb chub on the fly (all returned swiftly and none the worse for their out-of-season adventure). Large Salmon hooked and lost on a FC mid afternoon at The Point. Other salmon seen during the day.

3 Other

Good days fishing with some healthy, hard fighting fish.
Good hatch of olives and March browns from lunch time till about 4ish. Most of the fish taken on dries targeting rising fish.

12 Trout

All caught on small nymphs fished NZ style. Lovely day exploring this wild stream.

4 Trout

3 Trout returned. Enjoyable but struggled with access.

3 Trout

Fantastic day on the river, myself and my fishing buddy both taking our first brown trout ever!
Arrived after early morning rain to find the river quite low with a very slight tinge of colour, it looked perfect as we made our way to the far end of the beat. I caught almost straight away on a gold head nymph with Marc catching a little while later from a deep eddy close to the bank also on a gold head nymph. Marc then took two more from a fast run while I lost a good fish on a dry fly!
Lunch in the Bell was great, highly recommended, then back to the fishing, Marc had to leave so I fished on taking another off the surface on a dry fly and later losing a fish on a nymph when it jumped clear of the water and shed the hook.
All in all a fantastic day, will be back for more.

5 Trout