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We only managed to start around 2.30. With only sporadic rises I elected to fish the fast water with klink and dink. After a couple of hours I had 1 smolt and an 8oz trout to show for my efforts, both of which took the small nymph.
About 4.30 it started to cloud over and I came across a quality fish rising in a fast gutter. After wading into position to cover it, it stopped rising so I waited for 10 mins for it to rise again. First cast was perfect and it took the klinkhammer immediately with a great boil...and then snapped me. Turned out it was not the 2lb point that failed but rather the water knot joining the 5 to 3.5!

An hour or so later we came across a pod of quality fish rising steadily in a pool tail. After a half a dozen fly changes and countless seemingly perfect presentations they were still rising steadily and I was about to tear my hair out. I turned to my friend and said, "this is ridiculous". Immediately a great neb appeared and sucked in the small black klink I had on. A mad rush upstream saw the reel scream and finished in a great leap that tested the 2lb point to the limit. Somehow we stayed in contact and a few minutes later a superb 21”er slid over my net.

Didn't cast again, just sat on bank taking in what had just happened and then walked back to the car to earn some brownie points by getting back in time for kids bathtime...

Fished from 2 to 8pm. 7 trout to 1.5lbs mostly on small black parachute flies with a couple on the nymph in the faster water. All fish released. What looked like some very large trout moving in the deeper gutters in the evening.

6 hours is not enough to explore this beat! A good day's fishing considering the conditions.

Beautiful day and beat. Caught one nice trout (8") and a few smaller ones. Difficult fishing on such a hot and bright day. Good spots to try though, riffles and nice pools with some fish rising. Would definitely come again.

Four fish including a fat 19" - all returned. PTN did its job. Many thanks to David, the owner, for accommodating my change of plan.

Away to go Erik, he caught 2 trout in summer low and bright conditions in the afternoon after some casting lesson and river craft. The first was half pound the second 3.5lbs which did 4 runs of 30 metres and he handled it like a pro and considering this was only his sixth trip fly fishing. Where does he go from here?!!

Lovely overcast and warm day but river very low after all this dry weather. Trickle hatch of grannom together with a few upwinged flies. Some fish rising in the slower pools during the afternoon, but proved impossible to tempt on dry flies. Managed to catch two fish on small olive nymphs of 1.5 lb and a superb fish of 2.5 lb in cracking condition. Beautiful beat and owner very helpful and friendly.

Blank. I struggled I'm afraid. It's several years since I was at Fenni Fach and I had forgotten what a very beautiful beat this is - with the odd specimen trout, no doubt, although I certainly found it difficult today. The temperature had dropped compared to the last days. A very few large dark olives hatched after lunch. I found just two rising fish...and put them both down.

Crystal clear water with plenty of flies in the air. Trout not interested in dries yet, only two fish spotted rising so nymphing most of the day with some success. Three trout netted 9-10” and one 15-17” lost after short fight. All fish returned unharmed. Lovely spring day, very interesting beat, definitely I will be back later in the season expecting nothing less than fishing eldorado.

Thanks to WUF, thanks to David fishery owner for a great day out.

1 BT about a pound C&R'd early on via a Deer Hair Emerger and that was it! Couldn't get a sniff on nymphs. Water low and clear with sunny, warm conditions. As K from Brum said, plenty of fly in the air but not much hatching. Lovely fishery but wading dicey in parts.

Low water, crystal clear. Few flies hatching but very occasional fish rising. None caught.