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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.

This started off unpromisingly with rain and chocolate water but amazingly by the afternoon, a little sun and the fish near the wall didn't care about the colour of the water. One landed and two lost using a dry olive, olive nymph and a pheasant's tail.

1 Trout

Mis-timed an evening assault on the river. Height up to 2 foot at Fownhope and quite coloured, although still a couple of feet of visibility so not impossible. Fished Corner Tree and Vanstone carefully with no result. No salmon seen but had wonderful views of an otter and her young cub. Tremendous fly activity at dusk, caddis and spinners (Yellow Mays?), which brought a few trout and chub to the surface despite the extra water and colour.