Feedback & Reports

A short evening salmon session on the Chapel catch.River not too coloured after the recent small lift.
Nothing seen.

2 Trout

2chub 1 barbel

1 Barbel, 2 Chub

4 Barbel, 2 Chub

1 rainbow trout and 2 perch caught using float and worm. Rainbow trout taken, perch returned.

Usk Reservoir is situated in a spectacular setting. However, it's a shame the Reservoir isn't managed better by welsh water and the rules outlined for fishing here enforced. Stretches of bank are fly only, and others out of bounds for a nature reserve, but ist a literal free for all.

Evidence of wild camping is visible everywhere and also the copious amounts of human feces and toilet paper.

Large amount of camper vans were present when we left in the evening, most of which enjoyed poaching.

1 Trout, 2 Other

Hot bright conditions with no fish rising. Fished a euronymph rig with no results for an hour then switched to a small dry caddis when some started to flutter off the water and finally persuaded a few small fish to have a go. Missed five, landed one 9" fish in the remaining hour fishing. Lovely river. Would come back again at a better time to try for sewin.

1 Trout

1 Trout

6 trout
1early
Midday 4 in 10mins
1 afternoon

6 Trout, 2 Other

4 Trout

Good day at Cannop Book, 22 fish (21 trout and 1 roach). The trout were mostly juvenile, between 4 and 6 inches. That probably explained why I missed / lost so many fish. Dries outfished nymph today. Size 14 Klinkhammer caught most of the fish.

Checking my record, my previous trip was nearly 3 years ago. Time flew and it was great to be back. There is a new regulation to spray the wades and gears with Virkron disinfectant to prevent the outbreak of crayfish plague to a nearby Blackpool. I am happy to comply with it. However, talking to dog owners whose dogs jumped into the water, none of them know about it. I felt a signpost to inform the general public would be necessary if we are serious about protecting the native white-clawed crayfish.

Sadly, there are signs of poaching. Found a spinner hung -up on a tree branch. The hook and blade still looked shiny with no rust, suggesting the activity was fairly recent. I also came across one chap with coarse fishing gears. I didn't see him fishing. He just walked by to say hello and ask if I caught anything. He wished me luck and then quickly disappeared, before I could engage a longer conversation with him. For the rest of the stretch, I didn't see him again. So I guessed he could be fishing a free-stretch elsewhere (is there one?) or if he were to fish at the brook, he probably had no idea that he needed to purchase a day-ticket and would be limited to fly-fishing method only. Again, a signpost to provide the general public about fishing information would be extremely useful. It could even generate more revenue if people know they could fish there. Just a thought...

21 Trout, 1 Other

No catch