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Many thanks for the booking. We enjoyed marvelous day on a very pretty stretch of river with all the richness of autumn colours. Had one beautiful hen fish of just under 7lb, slightly coloured but otherwise in very good condition - safely returned.

Small Ally's fished close to surface did the trick. Sadly my friend, for whom the day was supposed to deliver his first salmon, had to make do with two out-of-season brownies and a grayling (all safely returned). It's amazing what will take an Ally's!

Never mind we'll just have to bring him back next season!

Weather: Fair
conditions: clear, approx 1 ft on guage
1 Male Salmon. Approx 6lb (returned)
Caught-on: Fly - cascade

Lovely, secluded spot. Excellent booking service

Thanks for looking after me during my short stay in Builth and enabling the opportunity to fish for Salmon on the Usk. The beautiful river and easy pace of life in your part of the world was a tonic, even if I picked up a ducking (baptism) and did not catch. Still, I have learnt a lot which will be useful when I return.

Best regards to you all, and please keep me abreast of Foundation developements, as I would like the opportunity of giving something back.

Further to our conversation last week I said I would drop you a line to let you know how Llangoed fished on Friday - no luck there despite good water...BUT as mentioned we were on Glanwye Sat, Sun and Monday.

4 rods - 25 fish from 6lbs to 24lbs (2 over 20lbs). Truly amazing fishing!! You said we should have 10 on the bank but never thought that we might actually achieve that!

All fish returned!

Tuesday 7th Oct 2008 at Preston Court
1 chub of 5lb 4oz and 4 barbel of 8lb 4oz, 9lb 8oz, 10lb 4oz and 11lb 8oz.

Thursday 9th Oct 2008 at Backney
3 barbel of 7lb 12oz, 8lb 8oz and 10lb 4oz (although this fish looked, for all the world, well over 12lb!!)

Fished on 9th Oct 2008, Weather, fair, windy at times.

Conditions: Low and crystal clear

The scenery is superb, and the area very quite. I stayed at a nearby campsite called Glangwy which is about 1 mile west out of Llangurig. I stayed for 1 night which I would recommend for the more "hardy" of us. It is very basic but well kept with a toilet and showers and only costs ?4.00 a night for a large tent.Overall I fished the beat very hard 3 times during the day and tryed a variety of methods / flies but to no avail. Maybe the strech near to Newbridge above Builth Wells may be a better prospect on my next visit. Any advice on the best grayling fishing beats and methods would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes to all.

Sorry this catch return is so very late but I was a bit too busy to do it straight away and then it slipped my mind. It seems ages ago now but myself and my cousin fished the Usk at Glan-yr-Afon on the last weekend of the trout season. The river was still a bit high and slightly coloured but the sun was out and fish were rising when we arrived around midday. After a few refusals I realised they were feeding just below the surface and put on a cul-de-canard emerger which produced a couple of beautiful little trout of about 9 inches.

This hatch ended soon and the rest of the day was spent deep nymphing with no reward. In the early evening clouds of olive duns came down and we switched back to dries. At the very top of the beat I cast at a rise and hooked into a very big trout but it was never hooked properly and came off after a couple of determined leaps. It was a long cast from one bank to the other and after much cursing I realised I'd been lucky to hook it at all at that distance on a dry fly.

We made our way back to the gravel runs above the bridge and landed a couple more smallish browns on dries but then the hatch ended and as soon as the sun went down it got cold very quickly as it tends to do at this time of year.

Anyway, a truly lovely bit of river (if decidedly tricky to wade) and I look forward to fishing it again next season.

All the best and sorry for the lateness of this return.

12th October

Fished on a beautiful warm October day! Conditions very bright, which kept the fish shy, and bites were surprisingly delicate. But a great day's fishing, 4 beautifully conditioned Barbel between 5lb and 8.5 lbs, all caught in wonderful surroundings!

Just a short note to say thank you for the day at Whitehouse. On Saturday I landed 7 barbel and 3 chub, one of which was my personal best weighing just over 5lb. My fishing buddy also had a wonderful day, landing 12 barbel, the largets weighing just under 9lbs.

The weather, lovely location, the company and the catch made for a wonderful day and we can't wait for the next visit.

I wanted to say thanks, as all too often it's easy to complain when something doesn't go quite right (as we did when we last visited Whitehouse and felt anoyed with the visiting children & litter)....only to forget to say thanks when things go well. This was a lovely day, so thank you again, and we plan to use the WUF many more times.

You wait ages for one then two arrive. Llandetty beat(Gliffaes). 6lb cock salmon released to make more.