Feedback & Reports

A soul refreshing afternoon fishing a full upper Usk framed by autumn splendour. I don't think there is a more beautiful beat on the Usk.
Pulled a fish in the tail of Long Gutter before ML had a feisty 8lb coloured fish from same place, probably the same fish. Saw a couple running and as the light was fading I hooked an acrobatic fresh grilse in Popular Pool that inexplicably fell off after two cartwheeling jumps.
In common with the last two times I have fished this beat I left 2 rod rings lighter after clattering Spey casts through the over hanging branches. A bit of clearance would help enormously. Several of the prime spots; Long Gutter, tail of Windings, Vicarage and Popular pools, were almost unfishble.

River at a good height and clarity but no hook ups. Fished beat from top to bottom and saw possibly one fish head and tail. Forgotten how `good` the wading was!

Fished at Fenni Fach on 27th having been washed off a couple of days earlier. One trout @ 1lb on nymph. Fishing upstream difficult because of current and slippery rocks...wading stick definitely needed as my swimming session testified !!

The weather and water looked pretty good as we started out at around 10:00. Despite our best efforts, none of us managed to catch. Our main excitement during the day was when D fell into the river and got soaked, and I fell onto my face on the bank, injuring my nose and breaking the tip of my rod. We tried all methods, and only D managed to come close to fish whilst fishing dry flies in response to a very few rises. Better luck next time perhaps.

7 x brown trout - all between 6 and 10 inches. All taken on dead drifted Green Goldhead Nymphs and Goldhead Copper John - size 14. Beautiful river and enjoyable fishing, thanks very much, will definitely come back.

One brown trout, weighed around 1.5lbs caught on Daddy Long Legs. Hard going in bright sunshine but nice beat. Good service.

Enjoyable day, parking slightly tricky due tight village situation and the access road impassable (to me) being churned up by logging lorries. No salmon caught but instead two trout about the same size as the no. 3 Mepps that I was using, both returned. Only mild annoyance was two canoeists who looked pretty sheepish and cleared off as soon as they saw me I'm pleased to say.

Approx 15 trout to 10" between two rods mainly taken on heavy nymphs in the faster water. Good day, thank you.

The river was well up and slightly coloured which made for tricky wading. An intermittent, stiff downstream breeze added to the challenge (or should I say excuses?). With no sign of fish feeding we tried a variety of tactics employing dries, wets and nymphs. Ultimately we managed to winkle out six trout between us, all to weighted nymphs fished down and across. The best was a plump, feisty fish of about 1.25 lbs. A beautiful and interesting stretch of river.

One small trout, released. A few nibbles but very quiet. A few fish rising briefly late afternoon. Beautiful beat to fish and a lovely day despite lack of success.