Feedback & Reports

We arrived at 11am to a few rising fish and a lamb in need of some assistance. The lamb managed to get itself entangle under tree roots at the edge of the river. I untangled and set free the lamb proceeded to run around me thinking I was its mother... then ran off to find its real mother butting her for milk. My good deed for the day was rewarded with a trout that got away and 2 10inch greyling that were returned. All were caught, or nearly caught, on a dry march brown.

Great day, great beat and thanks again to WUF.

A rather cold start to the day with very little showing - only one small trout by lunchtime. The sun and the grannom appeared in the afternoon and, even with my limited skill, I was able to take a fish feeding on the surface - a real beauty of almost two pounds in lovely condition. Things quietened down as the day wore on, but persistence into the evening was rewarded by a trout of around 17 inches (going from how much room it took up in the net!). This fish was slim and in rather poor condition, so I hope someone is lucky enough to catch it again when it has had the chance to feed up a bit.

We stayed at a cottage called Hafod-y-blodau which is on the same estate as Cefnllysgwynne. It is a really delightful place to stay with spectacular views over the Irfon valley. If you're feeling fit you can even walk to the beat, but the climb back up might be a bit much after a day's fishing!

One Trout at 8ins and one Grayling at 12ins, both caught on a dry from same pool. Great day out, Thanks.

Kev targeted trout and caught 12 grayling and one trout and lost as many again on barbless hooks.

Optimistically, I took the big rod out and caught 4 trout and lost 3 others. Next week we'll try harder to get the intended species.

Grannom and olives abundant all day but few fish rising.

2 fish caught & returned, PTN & Klinkhammer. 1 fish 12", the other 9". Great hatch all day with rising fish. Thanks for a great day.

Overcast and drizzle all day, cool southerly breeze. A few sedges and olives to be seen buzzing about. Caught a solitary trout from mid-way up the 'gutter' stretch of about 1.5 pounds - fell to a weighted flashback pheasant tail. Very few fish seen feeding. Lovely water though, warrants a repeat trip once things have warmed up.

Usk looking dodgy again, so spent the morning on the lure-casting line at Cantref. 3 rainbows including great big pig-like one which came to the net in about 30 seconds. Method of the day seemed be Cats Whisker Booby tethered with 24 inch leader to fast-sink line. At least that's what I did; I figured if you are going to turn to the Dark Side, you might as well do it properly.

Lovely stretch of river in perfect condition on the day. 8 very nice grayling all around 1.5 lb, 4 trout between 8 oz and a 1LB. Swarms of Granum although no surface feeding. All fish caught on green beeded shrimp of caddis larvae.

Fished the Usk below Abergavenny on Thursday - 9 trout to 1.25 lbs all on klinkhammers and lost many more. Clouds of grannom from 11am to 4pm.

Thanks for all the updates on the river conditions first thing this morning. Things were not looking good on the drive over. It was raining heavily and the Usk below Usk was bank high and brown.

However, the river above Crickhowell was coloured but fishable. There was a huge hatch of Grannom from about 11.30am and some LDOs in the afternoon. In between the frequent heavy rain showers, there was a decent rise of fish. It was one of those days I was glad to have a good waterproof. I found it hard work with dry fries when the Grannom were about.

Two of us managed about a dozen trout between 10" and 16". There was one overwintered stock fish, but the rest looked wild. The beat has not been stocked yet this year. Half and half between dries and nymphs. Saw one March Brown floating past.

Things went quiet about 3pm, and we packed up just before 4pm.

Overall a fantastic springs days fishing. One minute belting rain and high winds, the next the air was filled with flies and fish are rising.

[i]WUF Notes: try a semi sunk emerger such as a klinkhammer when grannom are hatching[/i]