Feedback & Reports

The beat is VAST! There was a lot of algae making things quite slippery underfoot. River is in pretty good condition and gin clear in the shallower sections. Access to the river itself is generally ok although caution should be taken as sone of the banks are slightly steep but easily doable if done slowly.
Saw three pretty decent sized fish when I first arrived but sadly everything I offered wasn’t even sniffed at! The insect life wasn’t as abundant as I expected and very little rising. I left just after 7pm.

Three of us fished for the day. When we found the fish, they were obliging. Lovely to see the small barbel coming through. Biggest chub was around 3lb.

4 Barbel, 52 Chub

Fished in the morning only and roamed the whole stretch trying to find the fish. Challenging conditions but a lovely beat.

2 Chub

Very very low and clear it desperately needs a lot of rain.

5 Chub

Fishing was slow at first but got better later … Managed 1 barbel and 7 chub also a very unwelcome large Eel…..

1 Barbel, 7 Chub

Three trout between 10 and 14.5", all on small Grey Dusters during a pale watery hatch. Had a few other bites but it was very tough for long periods - the odd rise in the slow glides to a few caddis and a large mayfly - I think autumn dun? - but those insects were quite sparse so hardly any repeat risers and they were very hard to tempt until those little mayflies got going. Nothing on nymphs - did try that too in the slower periods, although there are some nice glides and riffles here between the long flatter sections. Did nearly hook a large chub on a wasp imitation (Jasper) but struck a fraction too soon/got unlucky - there are some nice ones here. Nice to see a bit of rain finally for the Usk, the level rose a bit and it seemed to dislodge quite a lot of algae - and there was a lot more in the shallows - but the water stayed nice and clear. It's a beautiful part of the Usk, I thoroughly enjoyed it - thanks for booking and to the beat owners for letting me fish it!

3 Trout

River very low - fished downsteam beach area below rapids, focusing on the slack between the flows. Lot of weed catching the line on every cast unfortunately, need a good downpour to flush it through, lost a good Barbel, snapped on the riverbed, but caught 9 amazing Chub, smallest around 3lb, biggest was 5lb. Fished with cage feeder and pellet hookbait. If youv'e not fished here before, step up your gear to allow for the boulders and rocks as they are unforgiving, but what an amazing location, will 100% be back when there is more water.

9 Chub

Did not fish.

4 Trout

Another superb day with my brother in law Richard Hunstone. We shared the tally equally, caught mostly to the dry (J G Emerger, simple version) and several to Holy Grail nymph. Low water meant fish gathered in deeper and aerated runs. Nothing over 30cm, but what excellent sport!

4 Trout, 26 Grayling