Feedback & Reports

Fly fished the beat down after detailed description from the owner on the phone. Height was 0.9m on the gauge at the bridge, 6" on the Trostrey webcam. Warm and broken cloud - lots of fly life - until about 2pm when the thunder, wind and rain rolled in.
Had a very aggressive 2lb trout early on from the Upper Rocks in quite coloured water. Visibility got lower and lower and the rive came up very slightly. The colour beat me in the end but I had a lovely time nonetheless. I didn't fish much below the bridge but saw a nice fresh fish in the Wood Stream mid river.
One day I will get the water right...

1 Trout

Arrived on a beautiful dawn at 5.45am. Sane people still tucked up in bed. River higher than expected at 1.02m but colour (just) fishable. Dropped 3cms during 6hrs of enjoyable exercise. No sign of fish but Snake Roll and embryonic Snap-T casts coming along.

Once again, a privilege to fish this beat. The river at an almost perfect level. One fish seen just below the bridge mid current. A lovely day to end up my holiday fishing on the Usk. What a beautiful river and Chainbridge is just such a fishy beat!

CM caught the first salmon from the new steps below the bridge. Appropriate as he built them! 9lb on single hook Flying C.

1 Salmon

Fished for Salmon at Chainbridge with some freinds, no luck despite some good advice from Barry. The river height dropped over the day but remained fairly coloured.
We stayed at the Olway in Usk. Good as ever. Hope to return later in the year.

Once again a great day! The heavens opened and throughout the day the river rose considerably. One salmon seen moving through. This is a water I will definitely return to! And finally, the owner of this stretch was as always extremely helpful with tips and guidance.

Good day despite relentless rain. Thanks go to the other rod on the beat for showing me a few pointers on where to fish. No salmon but lots of trout rising in the rain. Will be back again.

1 Trout

A brownie taken on the Rock Pool on an Ally's Shrimp, no salmon seen or caught, still a nice day.

1 Trout

Started in Rock Pool at 10am and fished until lunch with no result. 1 salmon showed in the pool just below the Chime. Started after lunch below the the bridge. M first had trout and then moved to steps just below the bridge and landed salmon of about 8lb on single hook yellow/gold FC. Easy and quick release with single hook. A tree has fallen on opposite bank and created a great lie between it and the rock in the centre of the river. I expect more fish to be caught in this spot. Water height .85m, slightly coloured.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Back for more and this time the conditions were perfect at about 0.8 metres on the gauge. I fly-fished down the Rock pool early in the morning and no fish although one jumped on the other side of the bridge. On the way down, I saw a tawny owl and also some baby wrens which was just fantastic.
Two more anglers joined me and were extremely helpful. I was once again given pointers and hints and this beat has now come alive for me. It's a great stretch of water. Although I did not catch a fish, one of the others had a 7lb salmon just by the sunken tree at the bridge. A lovely bar of silver! More fish were seen jumping throughout the stretch. I will be back for more!