River Usk Ty Mawr Beat – Fishing in Wales VIDEO
In this video for Fishing in Wales, Andy Ford of BT Sport’s ‘On The Bank’ show visits our stunning Ty Mawr beat on the river Usk in search of quality wild trout, along with Gwent AS members Ceri Thomas and Tim Hughes. …
Duck Dun Patterns
Dave Collins gives his reasons for using this pattern. Whilst I first fly-fished back in the mid-sixties, I didn’t really get back to fly fishing regularly until the late nineties and didn’t tie my first fly until 2001. By then, I had …
Spring Fishing on the River Usk
With the recent acquisition of a headcam by the club, we’d thought we’d get out and do a new spring fishing video on the Usk, with a difference. In this video, Mark Roberts explains and demonstrates his approach to fishing the Usk …
Usk Naylor
This article was written some years ago and has been the subject of discussion from a number of sources and I have been asked to clarify some aspects of the tying of this pattern. The only published reference to the pattern that …
Spring Invertebrates from the River Usk
Do we really understand and appreciate what the fish feed on in the spring on many of our rivers. This aspect of fly fishing is often ignored as is so essential to success. In order to help improve your chances I carried …
Spinner Patterns for the River Usk
Red Spinner Hook: To suit the hatch. This one is a dry/emerger size 16 Tying Silk: Red 8/0 Tails: Microfibbets white or cream Wings: Siliconised polypropylene or similar. Oliver Edwards Spinner (variant) Hook: Any dry/emerger to suit hatch this is a size …
Dry Fly on the River Usk
The flies will be subject of a later article. This beauty weighed about 2lbs 8oz and was a cracker of a fish caught off-camera during his first couple of casts in 6″ of water with the fly shown on the video. He …
Spring Trout Fishing on the River Usk
What a fantastic time of year this is. The end of the winter has almost come with the usual upsets in the weather but the long dark nights are starting to draw out and those feelings of excitement at catching the first …
Eyes Wide Open – Trout Fishing Techniques
In May this year, a friend Gwilym Hughes from North Wales came to visit and, as an avid game fly fisher, I asked him if he would like to enjoy a day on the River Usk. Gwilym accepted the offer immediately. I …
