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No fish caught .Just a few fish caught around by me.

A lovely but tricky river to fish. Water very clear so fish were easily spooked. Saying that there weren't many fish around to spook, but fishing likely pools worked and landed 2 fish of a pound each. For the size of river it was nice catching fish of that size, both returned.

2 Trout

It probably was a decent day if it wasn't for a chilly steady northerly wind. We had 1 trout on nymph at the beginning of the beat then there was a hatch of olives at midday for about 1 hour which gave us few fishes of around a pound. After that the fishes stopped feeding. Despite covering lots of water we didn't have a single take on nymphs. I still need to decipher this river under the surface.

5 Trout

2 Trout

Beautiful location but where are the fish! My father, brother and I fished Penpont for two days beginning on April 23rd with only one trout caught between us all. We had a small hatch on April 23rd that lasted an hour or so and pricked the mouths of a couple of trout but brought nothing to the net. The next day between us we probably saw all of two rises on the river. My brother ultimately managed to bring a 3/4 lb brown to the net rigged up NZ style with the Klink and Dink just above the bridge. We fish a LOT and this is probably some of the toughest we've ever done.

1 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.

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4 Trout

4 Trout

I was not necessarily looking forward to seeing how Escley Brook had been reconfigured. Escley 4 is the top bit of 2015 Lower stuck onto the bottom bit of 2015 Middle. There is a huge chunk of 2015 Lower gone which is a shame but still some familiar pools to get to grips with. Although booked for the day, I missed out E3 and re-parked for E2 which is essentially the top of 2015 Middle up to the pub. I don't mind change (really) but I have fished these fantastic beats from a time when they were called R42 and R43 and the nostalgia runs deep. Chopped up, disjointed, too much walking, and still the threat of angry landowners (too much red on the maps).
To the day. Only one 12" trout caught to a dry and a very stealthy 20 minute approach. It was the only time I saw any rises all day and the usual technique of putting a fly on likely water did nothing to tempt any more fish up. Too clear, too bright, too cold, too windy. The map instructions as usual where spot on but you are generally parking a way off beat starts. BUT listen I don't mean to complain too much. This is still IMHO the best wild stream in the passport (except maybe Edw). I will be back.

1 Trout