Feedback & Reports

River in great shape. Spent most of day fly-fishing, had several pulls I suspect from smaller fish, eventually caught & released a smallish shad. Spent the last 20 mins on the Flying C and disturbed two salmon towards the lower end of the beat but frustratingly no takes.

1 Other

1 decent WBT plus 1 very small fish caught on black dry fly in 1st 10 mins then nothing all day. Small hatch of Mayfly but not taking. Tried every pattern but still no joy. Still a nice day on great stretch of river. Highlight was seeing the otter, made it all worthwhile.

2 Trout

Caught three brown trout, two undersized and returned, one kept, 14 inch. There were foreign anglers there using non fly methods, did not see any bailiff. If this is happening then no wonder the fishing was hard going but an enjoyable day!

WUF note - This has now been reported to Welsh Water. Should anglers come across any poaching or suspicious fishing practices, please contact the NRW Emergency Incident Line on 0800 807060. Some areas such as the Brecon Beacons can prove testing for a mobile phone signal.

3 Trout

The weather was awful with constant rain, high winds and a temperature struggling to get above 10 degrees. The river was fairly clear and at a good level but the hatch was severely affected by the weather and we had to work hard to take fish during the very brief periods of fly activity.

6 Trout

Alas, No fish caught. Feeling my age (68) must be less ambitious and more laid back. Wonderful settings and river was at its optimum (shame about the fisher!!)
Stayed in Ramblers Rest Cottage in Crickhowell (very good). As for the Wye and Usk Foundation Passport, what a great idea. More should be done by other river/landowners to promote an excellent fishing chance. Will be back. Very many thanks.

12lbs on mepps. Water still too high and coloured for lowest beats especially fly.

1 Salmon

No Salmon seen or caught but had 2 trout and a shad on the fly. Also after prior arrangement called up to Gromain for a couple of hours before going home nothing seen or caught but river was up a bit from the morning.

2 Trout, 1 Other

I decided to give this beat another try with my spare rod. An overcast and breezy afternoon with quite a lot of small black flies about but nothing rising for them. 10 mostly small trout caught by short line nymphing with beaded Pheasant Tail/GRHE nymphs.

10 Trout

Fly fished the Rectory beat today for the first time. A bit too much bright sunshine! Did not see a single fish movement on the water all day!

Brecon Gauge up 3inches with overnight rain and little colour. Sporadic surface activity through the day with fish taken slowly. Few on surface Adams and Brown Klink but mainly on darker nymphs. 11 trout - 8 x 9-11inches and 3 x 13-15inches with the best at 1lb 13oz. Super fish and all in all a very satisfactory and enjoyable day.

11 Trout