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All fish returned.

3 Trout

Cold easterly wind limited trout activity. A few rising from time to time, but not consistently. Lots of insect life.
Tried wets and dry flies to tempt them, but only 1 missed take all day between the 3 of us. Just couldn't find the right fly.

Fish were very easy to spook, but rising periodically for tiny olives. Sunny and very clear water. Beautiful beat!

1 Trout

River at 0.3 on the Brecon gauge, wet windy morning, strong downstream gusts, olives coming off in the morning up till around 2pm. A few rising fish seen, 7 trout caught on klink and dink all released, best around 12 inches.
Saw an Otter on the bank behind me.

7 Trout

Very tough conditions but a steady hatch of LDO's and a few MB's from 1.30pm onwards made for some good sport on the dry fly.Nothing over 15" and all in good condition.A very large Otter swam right up to me in the Vicarage pool, I think he wanted to let me know who the top fisherman was in this part of the river!

7 Trout

Huge sustained hatches of LDOs from 12 till 4. A few March Browns mixed in. Plenty of willing trout in tough cold wind. 20 trout 13" - 16"

20 Trout

A lovely stretch of river - we arrived early in the morning and set up. The river is a mixture of a lot of very deep pools and faster, shallower water. We found the faster water more productive and landed our first fish that were 14 to 15 inches each. We then found a bigger pool with a couple of fish rising - we took a nice fish on a small dry fly and then the pool came alive! There must have been 20 - 30 different fish boiling taking mayfly off the surface along with olives. A Mayfly emerger pattern went on and instantly got taken! We landed a very respectable fish of around 19 inches that gave a great fight. We then finished up the day by picking up a few more fish with nymphs in the various pools before having to end slightly early then we wanted to head back to the real world... We will be back.

6 Trout

My father, brother and I fished Fenni Fach on April 22nd with only one trout caught between us all. My brother caught a lovely 2lb brownie with his second or third cast of the day on a nymph pattern but otherwise it was tough going with plenty of wind and plenty of rain. We saw a few rises over the course of the rive including what may have been a salmon but the hatches were fairly sporadic.

1 Trout

No fish taken. Despite being three experienced river anglers we failed to catch more than one trout between us. The temperature had dropped suddenly after several warm days and it was cold. (Back to the car at lunchtime to sit with heater on.) There was a hatch of March Browns for a very short spell around mid-day when the one trout was caught on a dry MB pattern. I had fish rising around me in a pool but with plenty of naturals to feed on it was difficult to tempt them to my artificial. Other than that, no fish seen. Still enjoyable to fish the Usk in beautiful surroundings. Thank you.

1 Trout

Arrived to find the river in fine fettle and although there was a steady trickle of LDOs coming off for most of the day there was no hatch and only little surface activity. Started exploring with the duo and SC took four fish to 15 inches in one pool. The first took the nymph but the next the klink. The nymph was dispensed with and the others were also taken on the surface. Explosive takes in fairly turbulent water. So by mid morning this was heading for a red letter day. Every pool with similar characteristics was thoroughly explored but frustratingly the earlier success was not matched. SC added only one more fish. Meanwhile JT who had missed out on the early action had a couple of fish to hand and rose a few to the dry. So another long and tiring day ended with a respectable number of fish yet we felt disappointed as we had started so well. Had the fish come at the death we would have claimed to have cracked it. Fenni Fach is a glorious stretch of water with easy access, excellent stiles and good parking. Thanks go to DJP, the owner, who stopped by for a chat.

7 Trout