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With snow on the mountain tops as I drove up here and a strong downstream wind, this was always going to be a difficult day for flyfishing. I gave up trying conventional methods and resorted to wading to mid river and lobbing a shortline upstream in front of me czech nymph style. Eventually persistance paid off and I landed two small trout (1/2lb ish) with one other that came off. Later in the day an out of season Grayling of about a pound rounded off the session. All fish took a weighted GRHE.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Used Devon Minnow. Water coloured. Had one brown trout at one and a half pound and one sea trout at three pounds. No salmon.

1 Trout, 1 Sea Trout

NIL RETURN. Must have been wearing my anti Grayling aftershave again! River was still a tad high and VERY cold.
Only sign of a fish we saw was a ruck of Salmon Scales on the bank of Lady Alexander's Pool, Otter or Poaching?

This stretch of water was lovely to fish. We used various flies through the day. A single grayling (+- 10 inches) fell to a pheasant tail nymph. We had a lovely day and will return.

1 Grayling

Spent three hours Trotting maggot on a float. A little slow to start but the fish soon showed up. Plenty of takes but missed the majority. Reasonable sized fish in very good condition. The river was crystal clear, a few salmon on their last legs clearly visible in the runs.

4 Grayling

Low clear water. Had all but one fish in the run in the middle of the beat. All taken on heavy nuymphs. There were fish rising to olives but didn't try the dry. Lost several fish including the biggest of the day. Saw several salmon. Great beat, would go again.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

A pleasant day's trotting on an attractive stretch of river. Largest grayling around a pound and a half, some of them hooked at epic distances. Thoroughly engaging fishing.

1 Trout, 40 Grayling

Fished from first light for about three hours. Spent the first two hours exploring, trotting various of the less accessible rocky parts of the upper and lower ends of the beat, without so much as a bite. I was considering an early retreat but decided to have a go in an ordinary looking gravel run in the middle field - this proved to be stuffed with fish and in the last hour I caught about a dozen Grayling to about 1 1/2 pounds, lost about the same amount (always happens with Grayling) as well as two Trout. I would have stayed longer but for a slow leak in my chest waders - not recommended in December!
I wouldn't attempt to fish this beat without waders, and the second lesson learned was to keep moving until you find the fish - once I located them it was pretty straightforward.

2 Trout, 12 Grayling

First time on this beat so targeted the most likely looking locations. 6 grayling in total to trotted maggot. Quite a slow day's fishing but the scenery made up for that. Saw two or three salmon moving upstream also.

6 Grayling

A "challenging" day regarding weather. Extremely high winds limited casting. Water was in excellent condition; clear & pacey. Fish taken toward the bottom of the beat on heavy nymphs.

7 Grayling