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French leader and New Zealand style and kept zero fish.

21 Trout

2 brown trout caught and taken. The first was on an olive dun. The second on a black gnat. Both at Farm pool.

2 Trout

Two brown trout caught and taken from Farm Pool. The first was on an olive dun. The second on a black gnat. A great day fishing.

2 Trout

It was a day of disappointment today, starting with the difficulty in wading on the lower section including the impossibilty of using the bank to move along. So we backtracked and walked along the bank to the lower pool to discover two anglers spinning. A quick call to the Foundation confirmed spinning is not allowed, so they made a call to inform the owner of the other bank. No fish caught or seen to rise, so we made our way systematically upstream to discover another angler fly fishing the waterfalls, so no fish caught or seen to rise here either. Which left just the middle section for us to fish. Over the whole day only 5 or 6 fish were seen to rise and none were tempted. So like I said a very disappointing day overall with all four rods having dry nets. There were small numbers of mayflies hatching and the ocassional olive drifting by, but I suppose you can't expect anything other than a poor day when seven anglers are sharing 3/4 mile of water. Needless to say we won't be rushing back any time soon.

WUF note - On recieving your phonecall we immediately phoned the land owner opposite and it appears the water is fished by a local club. We have subsequently contacted the club and informed them that their anglers are spinning out of season. They promise to monitor the situation.

Tried everything but no luck, no sign of any fish, not even during the couple of (brief) hatches. Despite that, it was a lovely beat & an enjoyable day.

Arrived at lunch time and fished the afternoon. Caught one very good fish around 2 pounds on a dry F Fly and one smaller fish on a nymph.

2 Trout

Sporadic insect activity with some large olives. Rising fish difficult to tempt on dries. Fish came to nymphs under a dry. Lovely varied stretch of river. Fish reluctant to give themselves up!

4 Trout

Water very high. All fish released.

2 Trout

The fishing was extremely hard with lashing rain and wind no fish caught not even a bite. The start of the beat is tricky in places to wade however it gets easier after the first bend. I would like to return in more favourable conditions, no fish seen rising.

Landed one and lost one WBT on czech nymph gear. Saw one other fish which rose to LDO but didn't like my presentation and promptly spooked!
A beautiful day to be out but the water was very, very low and i'm sure this had an effect on the quality of the sport...

1 Trout