Feedback & Reports

Rainy morning and fished lower half of wadable beat. No takers for nymphs or dries and emergers. After lunch rain had ceased and moved to upper half of beat. Paul found fantastic stretch, shallow gradually deepening to far bank, where fish were rising on station. Fair hatch of yellow and brown coloured uprights but fish taking in surface. Had 2 beauties 12" to parachute Adams and deer hair emerger. Also fish very top of beat. Several long-distance releases and misses. You should be here tomorrow as I think the hatch/feeding will be even better

2 Trout

Enjoyable day, good rise

3 Trout

Brilliant sunshine and ultra low river levels made things tough but we managed to lure 3 small browns (approx 7 inches each) and a shad (the first any of us had seen and a PB at 7 inches too!) during the day. Lots of hatch going on but very little in the way of rises at all and all fish were taken to small nymphs (size 18) fished in whatever deep water we could find.
Beautiful location and we're looking forward to trying it again in better conditions.

4 Trout

Some great swarms of gnats and a small number of upwings hatching. Low water and clear - seen some nice trout cruising and picking flies off the surface which were hard to get a fly in front of. Great day in all.

3 Trout

3 Trout

Both fish taken on nymphs, and safely returned.

2 Trout

Fish rising in morning only. Saw a couple of trout with white fungus on head. Good spot but nothing caught this time.

Sorry for late Feedback. River low and clear. cold east wind. No Fish.

Weather cold – hard frost last night – and cold breeze. Mild spells interspersed with cold squalls throughout the day. River low and clear. Best fishing was in the squalls however as a few March Browns and LDOs braved the conditions to emerge – and a rise followed.
Fish on this beat seem largely to resist the charms of our size 14 and 16 parachute flies – so went bigger with size 12 Imperial parachutes. Best fish nailed one – a lovely 16 incher. Two smaller fish came to ginger quills and two others were lost
So a fairly typical Usk early season day – challenging but at least one respectable fish

3 Trout