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Down by the River: May 2014

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Wednesday, 7 May 2014. False Starts - River Usk and River Taff, April 2014. What a Difference a Day Makes. Bryn Derwen, River Usk, 12th and 13th April. It was Saturday morning. I had grilled a few cuts of Raglan pig and was relieved when Welsh exile and itinerant angler, Morgan, arrived on time. We had not fished the new beat together and, even though the river was up 15cm and (worse) there was a stiff easterly wind, I was eager to get out. 17 inch Bryn Derwen trout. Deep wading reaps rewards. Morgan is ...

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Down by the River: Resurrection – March Browns, River Usk

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Friday, 5 June 2015. Resurrection – March Browns, River Usk. At the risk of repeating myself, it’s been a while since my last entry. Short on time, I've been forced to make the choice between fishing, tying flies and blogging - my fly boxes are also sparsely populated at the moment. Early riser: LDO feeder. Large Dark Olives (LDOs) have been less prolific in the last few years, but the March Brown (MB) hatch has steadily improved. Most sustained LDO feeders were witnessed on drizzly, windless afterno...

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Down by the River: January 2014

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Monday, 20 January 2014. Domestic Bliss, River Taff, January 2014. It was Saturday night and a text from Dan Popp indicated that the lower Taff would be fishable the following day. I needed no persuasion as the local rivers had been in spate since November. We arranged to meet the next morning at nine. At the pool Dan went straight to his favourite spot and I entered the river downstream where I caught, and missed, more small grayling on my heavy bugs. The river is currently stuffed with these 4-5 in...

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Down by the River: July 2013

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Wednesday, 24 July 2013. Double Take - Mayfly, River Usk, June 2013. As everything on the Usk is three weeks late this year, I had some good sport with mayfly feeding fish in the early part of June. During the last week in May, I noticed a few danica whilst out walking the dog. The specimen below landed on my dog's back, which was a bad move as she turned around and ate it! Beat at 7.00pm and was delighted to be greeted by clouds of dancing spinners. 65279;. Being a member of both GAS and MTAA. As I w...

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Down by the River: August 2014

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Friday, 1 August 2014. End of the Day - River Usk, Summer 2014. Despite maintaining good levels for the first half of the season, the Usk catchment has not received significant rainfall since late May and the bones of the river are on display. Hot dry spells dictate that I fish mainly in the relative cool of the late evening, or early morning. A busy work life, a dislike of most TV programmes and close proximity to the river results in many summer evenings spent fishing. Kris Kent - big man, small trout.

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Down by the River: October 2013

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Tuesday, 8 October 2013. There is a Season - River Usk, September 2013. Rock bottom - Early September 2013. Following a very dry summer that saw me out with the double hander on only three or four occasions, the Usk was on its bones for most of September. Even when we did receive water the river level fell back while still highly coloured. All very worrying and no doubt exacerbated by the numerous abstractions along the river. Size 20 and 22 spun CDC emergers and duns. Pretty Ty Mawr trout. End of Sports...

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Down by the River: February 2014

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Friday, 28 February 2014. Touching Distance - February 2014. During the wettest winter on record the local grayling fisheries were flooded for long periods, and I only managed four sessions in total. Hugely disappointing. Another winter pastime also suffered as I didn't do much ferreting. To make matters worse Nel, my lurcher, has a severely damaged back leg and will be permanently lame. I think a lot of the bitch and this is a bitter blow. Long netting an orchard. LBD / MB Nymph. Reading John Goddard's ...

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Down by the River: May 2013

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Tuesday, 28 May 2013. The Monnow Social - May 2013. It has been a long held ambition to fish at the. Monnow Rivers Association Auction and Social. And, thanks to a few mates, I managed to do so this year. 'The Social' is a celebration of the River Monnow and a great way to generate income to support the commendable river management activities of the organisers. I had little charge in my iPhone and forgot my camera and so please excuse the absence of photographs in this entry. Probably just as well. I fis...

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Down by the River: Out of Time, Winter 2014/15

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Sunday, 1 March 2015. Out of Time, Winter 2014/15. I’ve not posted a blog entry since August and it’s been nagging at me. Since then I have started a demanding new job and my wife has given birth to our daughter. Changing priorities and less spare time have resulted in fewer hours on the river. During the colder months I only managed to get out a handful of times; to the Frome, a southern chalk stream (that will remain unnamed), the Irfon, the Upper Wye and (of course) the Taff. One of the larger fish.