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One small trout, released. A few nibbles but very quiet. A few fish rising briefly late afternoon. Beautiful beat to fish and a lovely day despite lack of success.

A nil return. Between 9am and 2pm continual and heavy rain caused the river to rise dramatically, and so wading became dodgy. Continued to fish, but brown water bashing through meant I called it a day at 2pm. Better luck next time.

Lower, clearer water & sunshine made fishing trickier than the previous week. 2 small trout to emerger pattern in the evening. Rose larger fish twice but failed to connect.

Despite the sunshine and heat we caught 7 WBT to 1lb. Some on blood worm nymph and other to dry fly, x caddis and black midge amongst the successful patterns. All fish returned.

Heavy rain on the day limited time on the water but the late afternoon and evening were fine. 5 brown trout caught to 1lb. All returned. More fish took but missed. Size 16 deer hair emerger successful. Only managed to fish about 20% of the water which looks varied & good. Wading very tricky in coloured water - slipped and got wet trying to reach a 2lb+ fish coming clear out of the water to take insects.

No fish caught or seen. River had a tinge of colour when we arrived and we fished to lunch time without any success. Went back to the water after lunch and the river had risen 6" and was the colour of chocolate. We gave it to 3.30pm and went back to it to see if it had cleared any, but it was even darker and higher so we gave up.

Very small trout only - nothing that could be kept, on pheasant tail nymph.

14 Brown Trout, up to two pounds. 8-10 Gooseanders and two Cormorants working the water. Most fish caught on tiny dry flies! Very good day!!!

River held at 1ft 5in throughout the day with the water carrying quite a bit of colour (2 to 3 foot visibility max). I only had time to fish the top half of the beat - 1 x 9-10lb coloured hen salmon caught and released from the tail of Long Gutter on a 1" tube fished on a sink tip. I had numerous other tweaks and line tightenings that were probably trout, based on the 10 or so half pounders brought to hand during the day.
The casting and wading were, as always at Fenni Fach, a challenge and I was lucky to come away with only a wet arm. This stunning stretch of river suits those who enjoy more technical salmon fishing, with some long casting mixed in with a flick of the fly here and there. A great day!

Guiding on the Usk for C T. It was his first time on the river although he was an experienced reservoir angler. started the day with a 14" beautifully marked trout on a small nymph. During the rest of the afternoon we caught and relesed another 8 BT between 9" and 11" and a couple of much better fish hooked and lost.