Salmon Catches

11:25 am Lower Carrots and Luggsmouth: A 14 lbs bar of silver to Glyn the Gillie, caught first cast on a Flying C. Safely released and swam away 'like a rocket'. A lot of fish seen moving yesterday and today.

10:44 am Upper Clifford: A 23 lb fish reported from yesterday, caught spinning.

7:37 pm Old Harp: 16lbs on an FC for Laurence Birkin

4:37 pm Gromain: 12lbs sea licer for Louis Mayer from the neck of the Spring Pool

4:15 pm Llangoed and Lwr Llanstephan: 16lbs fresh fish from the Orchard for James Kent on a monkey

11:08 am Aramstone: 30lbs for Stan Turner from the Gold Mine on an FC, Yesterday

11:04 am Gromain: 15lbs from the neck of the Spring Pool on a Temple Dog for Louis Mayers

5:28 pm Spreadeagle: 12lbs for Paul Stafford on a tube fly

12:18 pm Lower Carrots and Luggsmouth: 13lb for Alan Fitzpatrick, taken on a F/C.

4:38 pm The Usk has been looking almost perfect today for much of it's length and certainly for the weekend, meanwhile the Wye has started to clear through so the upper reaches should be good for the fly over the weekend, while the lower end should be soon at a good height for spinning.

2:11 pm Backney Fishery: A 16 lb hen fish reported for Keith Maddox, clean as a whistle and safely returned.

8:15 am Whitney Court: Fresh 20lb cock fish from beat 4 on a green and black cascade for Jed Grayston

8:24 pm Carrots: 2 today for Tom Lane, 12lb and 15lb. One on a yellow belly the other on a flying C.

9:23 am Letton Court: Matt Blunt had a 22.5lb hen fish yesterday, taken on a black and yellow FC.

8:51 am Spreadeagle: 25lbs silver sea liced fish for John Watkinson at 7.15pm Saturday evening. Cascade tube.

7:30 am HDAA: 12lbs for Bryan Owen on a yellow/black FC

8:18 pm Lower Carrots: 17lbs silver fish for Glyn Cawte on home made FC

1:14 pm Gromain: 16lbs from the Leaning Willow for Nick Gibbon on Fly

9:04 am Wyebank: 15lb for Don Macer-Wright from the 'Grily hole' yesterday. The fish took a Vision 110 mounted with a single hook.

8:20 am Whitney Court: 15lbs for James Hobbs on an FC from Loxters

1:02 pm River conditions are improving all the time on the Upper Wye, many anglers out with high hopes for the next few days. The Lower Wye is still coloured and too high, it's taking a long time to drop. The Usk looks to be running very clear and at a good height on the upper reaches, the bottom end still a bit high but dropping.

2:29 pm After dropping most of yesterday (9th April) yesterday evenings rain has put the river up again by some 6" with an increase in the grey colour.

6:33 pm Mardy, Usk: 19lbs for Jon Daniels on sink 3 and home tied double

5:28 pm Heavy rain early today has sent the river up again. However, a good head of fish moving upstream reported at Caemawr

7:46 am The high water is subsiding and the rivers are coming into fishable condition. Upper and Middle Usk will fish today and the high water catches on the Upper Wye and Lower Usk coming into play this evening.