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A fine day weather wise, although a strong, gusting wind made casting difficult at times.
Lots of small fish moving but we failed to land more than 2. We did see a fresh run salmon of about 8lb jump in the Abernant pool.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Having fished the Edw for two or three hours in the morning, I headed to Abernant at about 11:30. I was hopeful the fishing would be better which indeed it was, the downside being that this very open stretch was much more exposed to the stiff northwesterly breeze that made any upstream casting very difficult. But I had some success with nymphs and spiders fished down and across. Almost all the fish came from the slightly more sheltered upper half of the beat. Though mostly small, there were some cracking fish among them in really lovely condition. The best was just over a pound and came to almost the last cast of the day at the very bottom of the beat. There were two very amiable chaps, both of whom took a keen interest in what I had (and hadn't) caught. Needless to say, they had stories of the huge fish they had seen rising only the other day!

There were a very few mayfly hatching which makes very little sense to me. What would be the point in hatching if so few other mayfly are at it at the same time? I should have thought, like fishing, it's all about being in the right place at the right time.

11 Trout

6 Trout

Good fishing spot. Seen couple of rises. Tried tempting fish on dries but fish were having non of it. Changed to nymphing. Caught 4 wbt.

4 Trout

1 Trout

Near perfect conditions, warm , no stiff downstream breeze ( unlike yesterday), sunny but with cloud. Flies in abundance.

Started with a dry and a fish took it first cast, unfortunately I didn't connect but the omens were good. But...… that was the last take on the dry . Water level was quite low so I crossed to the other side , the run further upstream has been very productive in the past. Continued with a dry but no takers. then switched to a klink with a nymph, took 2 trout one of 8 inch and a nice fish of 12"
Waded back across but no luck with the klink and nymph Switched to a team of spiders with a beaded hare's ear nymph on the point. No luck in the lower section but waded back across and caught a nice Grayling of about 15" and trout of similar size.
No fish rising at all.
Intended to stay late for an evening rise but wind came up and temperature drooped so headed for home.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

River level getting low enough for significant amounts of weed to be showing, a flush through would be welcome. A warm sunny day with plenty of fly-life evident including some yellow mays, but no fish taking them off the surface, or just below for that matter. Weighted nymphs accounted for six trout and one cock grayling all from the faster, oxygenated water.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

First time on this beat. The wading was a little trickier than expected, but manageable with my home-made wading staff. The river was low with little flow in sections. Plenty of hatches: olives and yellow may - although strangely enough, I took both fish on a Caddis Pattern.
1 x nine-inch brown trout (taken on peeping caddis jig)
1 x grayling. As it was OOS I put it back quickly without measuring. But it was a chunky beast. (taken on Klink Caddis Green)
Unforecast rain stopped play at 4 p.m. so I couldn't add to my tally, but I'm happy enough with this pair.

Note: If the chap from Cheltenham who shared the beat has lost a Grey's fishing reel case, I've picked it up and can post it, if he gets in touch.

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1 Trout, 1 Grayling

4 trout to 15 inches

4 Trout