Feedback & Reports

Myself and a friend fished the Taf Fawr. Excellent runs/glides and plenty of fly life but no fish feeding just yet. Think its still a little too cold for so high up in the mountains. (Give it until the end of April for dry fly fishing).

No salmon seen or caught. Had one trout about half a pound but water conditions were very good.

1 Trout

River had risen overnight and was relatively coloured - visibility of about 1-2ft, improved over course of the day. 3 rods fished fly and spinning. No salmon but some good fly water on this stretch, beat 2 being the pick of it for me. Would benefit from more detailed notes given the large amount of water but the beat manager was very helpful once found. Will return when it warms up.

2 Trout

Black and red Flying C. 12lbs, 10.15am, Vinyard Stream.

1 Salmon

No fish too early in the season.

Fished for four hours today on a new beat for me. River was in good nick but fishing conditions were poor ver windy, sun, rain and hail all in one day! I got five trout all between eight and nine inches on spiders and nymphs. A few olives were hatching but I did not see a fish rise - not surprising for the day it was. Nice beat good for a few hours fishing. I'm sure it will fish better after a spell of settled weather.

5 Trout

3 nice fish, 2 at 14", 1 at 17" fishing weighted spiders across the streamy runs - well worth the drive! The "smaller" fish were fairly lean. I caught them between 11am and 1. There was a hatch of olives which started at about 1, after which I caught nothing! No surface activity and no march browns. River was in good order but there was a gusty downstream wind most of the day. Wading staff and polaroids (to see the bottom) were important to me.

3 Trout

Lovely beat, probably better with a foot or so less water. Small hatches of March Browns at 2pm and 4pm when the sun shone though no fish showing on the surface at all.

3 Trout

The three of our party enjoyed the beat though cold conditions prevented much success on the more exposed sections. All fish caught on the bottom section by J4F.

5 Trout

First visit to Penpont and it's a really nice part of the Usk to fish. Weather was against us but Chris caught one WBT. I only saw one fish rise all day and was about to have a few casts to see if I could catch it ..... 5 canoeists /kayaks came downstream...that was the end of that.
WUF Note: Canoeists are not permitted on the upper Usk (except Brecon prom) between 3rd March and 17th October unless water heights are over the red line at the [url=http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/conditions/gauge3.php]Brecon gauge[/url] (full details [url=http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/navigation/usk.php]here[/url]). If you come across any paddlers during this time please inform them of the arrangements and make a note of where they are from (if they are in an organised group) and report it to WUF.

1 Trout