Early Season Brown Trout Fly Fishing The River Usk In South Wales - Dry Fly & Jig Streamers

Andy heads off to the river Usk in South Wales in the hope of some early season dry fly fishing for brown trout. With the potential for a hatch of the famous March Brown flies, as well as Large Dark Olives, Andy is confident that he'll get some epic dry fly rises over the two days. However, it doesn't always go to plan, so having the ability to throw Jig Streamers is really important too at this early season time of year.
The question is, will the hatch of March Browns happen, or will Andy have to throw the jig streamers? Enjoy: Early Season Brown Trout Fly Fishing The River Usk In South Wales - Dry Fly & Jig Streamers
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[@richardbawcombe8036]

Definitely worth sharing, I’m all in for streamer content! That first trout was a cracking start to your season too.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Thanks Rich! Hope you're doing well?

[@richardbawcombe8036]

@@IBandAndyFishing all good mate, things getting back to normal?!

[@tomhammerton7697]

That was a quality fish on the dry fly, well done Andy! Pretty good start to the season - you landed all the fish you hooked and only missed one take. You've got to love those dodgy weather forecasts. It was Youth Mentored Trout day on Saturday and the forecast said snow in the morning and clearing in the afternoon so Sam and I planned around that. Of course it was sunny in the morning and we fished in snow squalls in the afternoon. We only lasted a couple of hours till we were frozen, but we landed a few, so day#1 mission accomplished.

[@shortcircuit7310]

Definitely glad you did the video Andy, and it gives a true reflection of early season fishing. Appreciate the content because it is so "real" and not dolled up for KZbin. And this time of the year, on a day with little or no hatch three fish is a good result, particularly because two of them were very decent fish.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Cheers Liam, that's sort of how I felt about this one. On day two I get a decent hatch and a quite different result!

[@alexanderjoyce3305]

It's great you are so gentle with the fish when you let them go. I can't stand seeing videos with trout being flung back in! Enjoy your videos, cheers for sharing.

[@seanb5007]

Great video Andy! Beautiful river! Yes, three fish is plenty. In fact I would have watched if you had not caught any. That’s fishing! Keep up the great videos and thanks for posting!

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Cheers Sean, we'll try to avoid any blanks if we can help it!

[@hallcjh1]

Lovely start to the season, worth the four hour drive!

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Cheers bud! Yeah I thought so too 👍👍

[@timothysmart8528]

Good to see you again Andy. Season doesn’t start yet here on the chalkstreams, but looking forward to it.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

You'll be ready for them when the season begins though!

[@ibfishing8089]

Great video, I'm not jealous.

[@lewismorton5867]

Can’t beat abit of dry fly fishing 🎣

[@IBandAndyFishing]

It really was just a little bit of dry fly fishing. Plenty more risers in part two!

[@mikerobinson2762]

Well Done Andy, you had a pretty good result. Good to see the streamer fishing 🎣

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Thanks Mike, much appreciated!

[@epidares654]

A nice video showing that there are hard fishing days for professionals too. Thanks for the tips on jigging streamers. And last, but not least: Congrats on catching first fish on dry fly in the season!

[@IBandAndyFishing]

thank you so much! I was thrilled with that first fish being on a dry, that really meant a lot to me!

[@stevevaughan8314]

What line did you have

[@willduckworth4789]

Very nice thanks. Don't worry about 'not enough fish' for a vlog. I blank so often (4 already this season) that it's reassuring to know that you don't always catch double figures. In fact it would be great to sea a day's fishing without a catch!

[@leejacksonfishing]

stunning trout Andy thanks for sharing! 🎣👍

[@IBandAndyFishing]

thanks Lee, glad you enjoyed it!

[@petersmith6974]

I went out last Saturday and caught 12 brownies averaging around 8” long from a small fairly low stream. Weather was beautiful last Saturday (unlike today)

[@glynnford4930]

Hi both,,great to see you coming to God's country again! The Usk is a great river and the March Brown hatch was HUGE the week before..sorry"...I would love to see how you would tackle a wet fly session on the Usk as I find it produces more fish than dry..great vid as usual regards Glynn

[@lorrainebarker6387]

Well worth the effort Andy, beautiful fish. Hope you are well and have a good season, regards, Will.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Cheers Will! All good here, hope you are too? Have a great season!

[@markbanjodaniel]

Great video Andy . I was there on Thursday, The MB hatch started early around 9 am , it was bubbling with surface activity until around midday then it just switched off . Then I couldn’t buy a fish. Still a beautiful place to be and just nice to be out on the river again.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Wow, 9am MB hatch, I've never heard of that before, that's really cool. Maybe that's it then, I just missed it, as I didn't get on the river until around midday.It is good to shake the cobwebs off isn't it?!

[@markbanjodaniel]

@@IBandAndyFishing it caught me by surprise, I was a quivering wreck trying to lace up my dry fly rod ! Sure is good to be back out, something completely mystical about the Usk browns . Keep posting the great content mate 🙏🏻

[@Tillflyfisher]

Nice one Andy

[@neilandrew961]

Good video again at this time of year you appreciate any fish on wild waters

[@IBandAndyFishing]

I reckon you're right Neil, at this time of year any fish are a bonus!

[@neilandrew961]

@@IBandAndyFishing was on clyde last year opening week and the biggest hatch of March browns came on and thought I had knocked it off not a single fish moving for them couldn't believe it

[@sandorkovacs9271]

omg Andy you know so much and it is so mesmerising to hear! nice video and well done on those beauties bro.

[@urbanflyman6389]

Stunning brown on the Dry Andy 👍 Cant ask for more than that in March. If we caught lots every time,we would soon get bored.

[@paul40925]

Lovely first fish Andy!!!

[@IBandAndyFishing]

thank you very much Paul! Got lucky again didn't i?!

[@cerithomas5465]

Great video Andy! Typical early season day on the Usk, hard going but really rewarding

[@ianfirkins6460]

Nice fish. Amazing isn’t it? They were hammering maggots on the Dove on last day of coarse season (had 21 brownies while I was grayling fishing) but now they’ve gone all coy! Must have a go at streamer fishing 😉

[@DavidSmith-fk3xb]

Hi Ian, thanks for the post. Always found it a lot more difficult to fish with a fly in waters where the fish have been fed and now tend to avoid them during Grayling season. Hopefully the trout will switch on soon. Fished high up on the Dove system last weekend and caught plenty of grayling, dry and wet fly but no sign of a BT and this stretch is not fished with maggots. Have caught BT there at same time in previous years, so perhaps they are a little behind even though spring seems further forward this year. Tight lines.

[@SigmaWolfOutdoors]

Hello from California.... great content ....

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Wow, California, that's pretty cool! Thanks very much for watching and for the kind comment!

[@jasonnorman552]

A video showing how to fish spiders would be a good watch. Great video as always. I had the same fate on the swale yesterday. 1 hour window then 'flogging a dead horse'

[@Graham-1888]

Cracking video Andy, wouldn't fancy camping in mid March though 🥶 brave man, or was it worth it to escape from I.B for a few days ? 😂😂

[@IBandAndyFishing]

It's a bit of a tradition, the early season camping. It helps me appreciate the rest of the summer. Its character building! 😂😂

[@Graham-1888]

@@IBandAndyFishing good answer since I.B is around 😂😂😂😂😂

[@IBandAndyFishing]

@@Graham-1888 I have to be careful when she's lurking 👀👀

[@chrisholmes8197]

Sat in a&e staring down the barrel of a 2 hour wait. Ideal boredom antidote

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Hope things are well Chris, glad to fill some time!

[@robertmajor4904]

Great video! Given some days we leave the river with nothing, three I’d say was well done!

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Thank you very much Robert, I thin you're definitely right there!

[@DavidSmith-fk3xb]

Hi Andy, thanks for the vlog and info within. I go to the Usk once or twice a year and have also experienced the changeable weather and fish behaviour. I've had some great days and some disappointing ones also; maybe this is part of the beauty of fishing this river. Just as a matter of interest, did you fish the beat where you were camped and if so did you cross the river before you started? Looking forward to seeing what happened on your second day, good luck for the rest of the season.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Hi David, it's definitely just a product of the time of year, things can be really hit and miss this early in the season. I did fish where I was camped yes, there is a place to cross safely about a quarter of the way up the beat

[@DavidSmith-fk3xb]

@@IBandAndyFishing Hi Andy, thanks for the reply. I usually fish the same beat a couple of times a year, with a couple of friends. I'm the only one of us that has fished from the same bank that you started from, so am very pleased to get an indirect heads up from you on this. I'm usually fishing later in the year and this bank can get very overgrown with brambles and if the river is up a bit, offers far fewer safe routes of access so has elements of jungle warfare about it but I'm very encouraged that you have identified some very good water that can only be fished effectively from this side. I don't camp there, so I usually work my way down and up from the top of the beat. I'll look out for the crossing point when I'm next there. Thanks again for your valuable perspective.

[@johncarrigan9352]

So no streamer fishing on the opening days like last year. I was sitting in anticipation

[@daviddavies3088]

Not a bad first fish of the season especially on a dryThink you would have taken that on the drive down. Looking forward to day two

[@bigron8346]

Hi Andy nice to see another great video! I bought a Sage 10.3 ft. 3 wt. rod could i use that for small streamers? Also can i use an indicator or use it with a dry dropper if i change spools and use regular 3 wt. Line? Please tell IB i was asking for her.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

I'm sure that would work just fine yes, give it a good go and see how it feels 👍👍

[@bigron8346]

@@IBandAndyFishing thanks buddy.

[@davidgibson7063]

Great video Andy. I need those jig streamers for our snaggy river. Where did you get them?

[@IBandAndyFishing]

These are my own ties bud, I might do a video on these if there's enough interest though!

[@thomasburras]

Great video as usual 😊 I had a thaught while watching, did you do a video with hewel Morgan on fishing Britain a few years ago?

[@IBandAndyFishing]

Hi Thomas! Yes I did, we did a challenge to tie a fly on the bank and catch on it, I had a brain fart and thought I had lost a fly but it was still in the vice!

[@thomasburras]

@@IBandAndyFishing ha ha! I allways knew I'd watched you somewhere else, good times! X

[@matwatson5383]

Andy, what size do you do you streamers?

[@szabolcsagostonphotog594]

🤓👍🙂🙃

[@IBandAndyFishing]

👍❤👍❤

[@mrsmd4616]

Mate you need a bigger tent. Be comfy.

[@IBandAndyFishing]

The small tent gets warm/stays warm more efficiently. Plus, I like my tent! 😂😂

[@mrsmd4616]

@@IBandAndyFishing hahahaha fair.

[@BobbyBlues]

confirmed, andy drives like a granny... 3 hours, turned into 4 hour journey... Good to see some bonny fish though..

[@IBandAndyFishing]

I was a bundle of fury by the time I got there, one of those mornings!