The River Usk's reputation for its quality wild brown trout and salmon fishing goes back over many years and it is still regarded as one of Britain's finest wild brown trout rivers. The quality of the fishery has improved significantly following excellent work being undertaken by the Wye and Usk Foundation. In recent years it has been Wales' best performing salmon fishery.

The Usk's fishing season starts in early March and with reasonable water and conditions fishes straightaway with early hatches of 'grannon' producing wonderful trout activity during the day. Salmon fishing comes into its own with the first floods of April/May and can produce some high quality fish.

The middle beats of the Usk are accessible from London (2½ hours), Cardiff (35mins), Birmingham (90mins), Bristol (50mins) and Swindon (1 hour).

River Usk

Bryn Pool, Middle Usk

Typical middle Usk beat

About this web site

Many of the salmon beats on the Usk are included on this site so you can read about each one, see its current fishing availability and book fishing permits online or by telephone.

In particular you have free, unlimited access to:

River levels - updated daily
Salmon catches - `Updated immediately fisheries notify our database via SMS, web or automated phone system.
Find Fishing - rods updated hourly
Online booking - with immediate issuing of permits
Call centre - back up for manual bookings or advice

There is a host of information in the left hand menu to help you arrange your fishing on the Usk and its tributaries and organise your visit to the area.