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Fished French leader and new Zealand style. We both kept zero fish as have to protect the future of wild trout!

33 Trout

Fish caught between both anglers :
Rainbow Trout - 3 (approx 2lb each)
Brown Trout - 1 (approx 1.5 lb)
Weather conditions were overcast with occasional showers.

4 Trout

No fish rising, very strange for the beat as I have caught
fish every year on drys. Anyway fished fast pocket water with heavy nyphs had 4 wbt to 11ins.

4 Trout

Water .7m and still some colour. One seatrout seen at rock around 3lb. Fished for salmon for 3 hrs from top of beat throuch to woodstream with no takes.
Switched to trout at 12.30pm with immediate success on yellow May dun 14. Continued through to 9.30pm and had another 5 to 1.25lb at tail of Chine Pool.

6 Trout

A quick early morning fish before a days walking on the hills produced two 8" fish on GRHE nymph. Observed a couple of takes from better fish of around a pound to goldhead hares ear only to strike too soon and pull out, must control the excitement next time. Good sport on a short but interesting stretch with cheap camping nearby.

2 Trout

3 trout: 2x9" 1x12", wet fly at back end of run, river good level/condition.

3 Trout

Both fish 11 to 12 inches on upstream nymph, lost a few others. A few Mayflies and Olives hatching but no consistent rise. Quite hard work but a beautiful day.

2 Trout

Arrived at the river at around 2pm to find prodigious hatches of olives and midges, along with the occasional mayfly. A few fish were rising but I decided to explore the faster water first, from where the best trout of the day (2 1/4lb) took my copper john nymph. Things really got going after about 4pm when a decent rise began to build. Finished at 7pm with a further 11 trout, all caught on CDC emergers and most between 1 and 2lb (all released).
I heard someone comment last week about the good quality of Usk trout this year. All the fish from Fennifach were in outstanding condition and fought like trout more than twice their size.
A wonderful few hours fishing on what is always a stunning stretch of river.

12 Trout

Nice 12" Brownie. Had another smaller fish and managed to rise 4 more and lost another including my fly. The two fish caught fell to a March Brown and Blue Winged Olive fished Duo above a PTN. Felt I should have done better, but a lovely stream in a beautiful location made up for that. Top of beat didn't yield anything possibly due to the field adjoining being let out for camping.

2 Trout

Many thanks to beat owner who showed me likely hot-spots where I observed fresh and coloured fish show. No takers thou. Thank you.

1 Trout