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Arrived at 8am, river 0.8m on the gauge, carrying a bit too much colour but still fishable. Two fish in the 18-20lbs class showed just above Rock whilst I was tackling up. Had a lovely day with the 15 footer and saw another 6 fish show whilst running. Most were silver torpedos around the 10lb mark and one red fish around 7-8lbs. Was never close enough to drop fly straight on their noses. No rise to mention, but a half pound brownie (equalling my record fish for this season!) hurled itself at my Conehead Cascade and was safely returned. When I left the river had cleared a little and dropped 3 inches. Prospects for friday and saturday look excellent.

1 Trout

After two very wet days, including one wash off, we finally got to see what the Usk has to offer. An excellent location and lots of hatch activity after all the rain. Two small trout caught (and returned) and two others hooked but lost.
We were very impressed with WUF and will return.

2 Trout

Weather and river conditions seemed ideal but surprisingly no fish taking the dry fly and no rise at all between midday and 19.30. We had 5 fish between us varying from tiddlers to just over three quarters of a pound and missed about the same again. Unlike last year when I took all my fish under the trees, these fish were caught just off the centre of the river.
All taken on a gold head fished with a Klinkhammer on the point.

5 Trout

None landed. Two trout - both under 6" - hooked but not landed.

More than 20 trout. From 4oz to a pound and a half. All safely returned. Taken on a dry fly (Adams type) mainly fished "blind" in riffly water. Easy access and day would have been even better had the river not been high and coloured when we arrived.

20 Trout

Although carrying more colour than we would have liked following recent heavy rain the brook appeared to be only a couple of inches above normal level and was relatively easy to wade. In the absence of any rising fish AW took 4 fish on weighted nymphs in the morning. An early lunch coincided with the beginning of a very limited and sporadic rise which prompted both of us to switch to and persevere with the dry fly until early evening. As is often the case in these conditions most rising fish were to be found where the vegetation made casting extremely difficult and/or the current made drag all but inevitable. Nevertheless we both took fish. To his great credit AW also found a fly that persuaded a number of non-rising fish to the surface. A nice stretch of water, albeit something of an obstacle course!

14 Trout

Two fish caught one on a waterhen bloa the other on a PTN - biggest around a pound.

Very nice stretch with some big pools, both fish were from the pool above the bridge.

2 Trout

Good consistent fishing throughout the day and five anglers in close proximity also achieved similar results

4 Trout

We only fished the river from late afternoon as we travelled up from Kent in the morning. The river was running fairly high and coloured but was clearing as we fished into the evening. There were a few trout rising to the hatches later in the day, but none could be tempted by our flies.

Wading treacherous, water coloured, much of the river unfishable for novice river fly fishermen, advice was asked when booking and perhaps the extra water changed the nature of the fishery, but I would question sending inexperienced river wading anglers to Fenni Fach. One plus point, saw two salmon making way up river within couple of feet of where I was standing. My fishing companion also saw an otter midway up the fishery.