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On a blue skied, gloriously warm day this is the most gorgeous spot. Plenty of good fish showing, mostly nymphing, and water a perfect height but... it is the Usk: these fish are very shy and in clear water you get only one shot! With just enough of a downstream breeze this made a long leader and dry fly very tricky indeed.
I euro-nymphed the broken water to save my blank!!
I also endorse the Felt / Stud boots requirement, despite modern rubber and a wading stick. It is very slippy.

4 Trout

Tried olives and nymphs. Not a single touch. Very few rises/fish seen

Nice little beat with some good fishing

20 Trout

Quite a steady hatch of olive uprights and yellow mays trickling off through the day buy the fish don’t seem to have switched onto them properly. Did manage a couple on dries but the majority came to nymphs on the french leader.
Actually lost count of fish....around 15+

15 Trout

6 Trout

Usk was still high from the recent deluge making the upper half of the beat unfishable. The lower half however did give up 2 hard-fighting wbt at 10" and 12". Taken on a weighted Czech nymph and returned safely.

2 Trout

A big water today but not too coloured. Fishable water was hard to find, though. Showers, some of which were pretty heavy with occasional very welcome sunshine. Periodic hatches of olives, March Brown and occasional Iron Blue. Four trout 8 to 13 inches caught and returned on a variety of nymphs and dries. Woods at the upstream end very pretty with beeches freshly in leaf and bluebells. Great to see the Dippers too.

4 Trout

Parked in the middle parking spot and fished a few sections down towards the lower section of the beat. 6 trout caught on nymphs from 10.00ish - 13.00ish. The pool with the big beech tree looked really nice for salmon so went and got the salmon rod and started fishing just downstream of the neck of the pool, first cast went out and as it swang saw a salmon jump right in front of me at the neck of the pool no more than 6/7 ft away! Beautiful looking fish, lovely fresh colours and easily 10lb+. Went back and tried fishing the neck from above but no takes, think it was on its way through upstream. Disappointed not to catch but great to see it, made my day. River started colouring up quite bad not long after and packed up and went at 16.00. Very heavy showers and i don’t hold out much hope for my booking on the upper Wye tomorrow.
Fishing Passport note: The price of day tickets is the same at Fenni Fach regardless of whether salmon or trout fishing. Switching between the two is therefore fine. Please note that on other beats, fishing for salmon on a trout ticket that is cheaper is not permitted.

6 Trout

First time on this beat. No salmon touched or seen. Water clearing and at the perfect height 1'6".
Some lovely pools to fish. The pools would really benefit from some pruning. It wouldn't take long. Its annoying to be wading , speycasting and keep whacking rod tip. The other bank looks more cared for.

3 Trout