The Wye & Usk to close with ...

Having not fished in South Wales for several years now I felt it as good a time as any to make a quick foray down the M4 for one final hurrah before the 2016 trout season comes to a close. My wife made the trip with me which made for a great weekend.

Starting with the Maes-y-Beran Beat on the Honddu and ending the the Escley Beat 4 which is a high gradient, fast-flowing upland trout stream that flows off the eastern edge of the Black Mountains into the Monnow at Longtown. Really tricky conditions (cold, windy, low water - am I sounding like a fisherman !?) made for only a single brownie of approximately six inches. Nevertheless great to be up there again and the opportunity to stumble across a kingfisher nest and have them flit about us for several hours on the Escley made it even more worthwhile.

A few photo's below ...