Welcome to the Crickhowell and District Angling Society
This site is designed to help our members fish the 9 miles of beautiful beats we run on the River Usk between Crickhowell and Usk. The river is known for its brown trout and salmon.
Fishing is only for our members, but we consider applications for new members all year round. For more information about joining the club, see the Join Us page.
The website is open to all, except for the Members area, which is password protected.
The Society was formed in the early 1970s to provide fishing facilities for the residents of Crickhowell and Abergavenny area. From small beginnings the Society has grown into one of the largest fishery owners in the Usk catchment.
Initially, waters were rented or leased, but since 1975 the Society has been buying suitable stretches of fishing that have become available to the position whereby we now own outright fishing rights on a variety of beats on the middle Usk. Beat descriptions are available on the Maps pages.
If you wish to join the Society please contact the Hon Secretary, Hon Treasurer or Chairman to discuss.
We also have a guest ticket scheme where members can take and encourage friends and family fishing.
The River
The River Usk, Afon Wysg in Welsh, rises on the Black Mountain above the Usk Reservoir then the River Usk tumbles for most of its upper and middle reaches through the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park. After passing through the market town of Brecon and the pretty little town of Crickhowell, the river leaves the Park at Abergavenny and meanders through the farmland of the broader valley beyond. Shortly after the attractive town of Usk the river becomes tidal and enters the estuary at Newport, where it mixes with the waters of the River Severn in the Bristol Channel. It is the deepest river in the British Isles at its mouth and has the second largest tidal range in the world after the Bay of Fundy in Canada.
The Usk describes its lower fishing as below Usk town to its tidal reaches, a mile or so below Newbridge-on-Usk. The middle section lies between Usk and Crickhowell and the upper reaches above Crickhowell, Brecon and beyond. Given sufficient water salmon can populate the river all the way to Crickhowell within two days or so.
The nature of the river below Crickhowell is one of deep pools, long riffles and big meanders. Above Crickhowell the river is faster and straighter with more pocket water.