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3 Trout

Water very low and fish extremely spooky!

Caught an hour at dusk. No fish but a stunning spot and good for the soul

As seems to be normal nowadays the fishing was very poor . I had one early rise to dry after that nothing although I tried different tactics. Saw one or two small fish in deeper water but they spooked easily. The lower section is very slippy and dangerous on one's own and didn't produce any fish. I am slowly beginning to wonder if river fishing is worth the effort it seems so poor compared to a few years ago. This seems to be true of most rivers.

Tough day, bright sunshine and low water, a couple of very small brownies returned safely. Fishing tough but still a great day on the river.

No Fish. Although water was high and heavy with all the rain, water was accessible (just about) Upper stretch Accessible. Lower Stretch was difficult to navigate to the river as fencing has been placed across and between fields.

It would be helpful if the Admin could clarify if it's appropriate to climb over the fencing to access the water on the documentation, or perhaps highlight where anglers should gain access to the water? Just a thought :-)

Had stuff to do and only got there mid afternoon. River was on the high side for this beat - a lot of the bottom section being unwadeable and therefore unfishable given the steepness of the banks and riverside foliage. I looked at the upper section but it turned cold and with more unfinished stuff to do, I left early. Out of the various beats I fished this summer though, this is probably my favourite and I hope one day to get a chance to fish it again.

I'm back overseas now, and won't be submitting any posts here for a while. So I'd just like to say a big thank you to everyone who organizes and runs The Fishing Passport for making such wonderful water available at the click of a mouse. You have an absolutely wonderful service that does everyone involved proud. Thanks for everything.

Fishing Passport Note : Thank you!

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

The river was low, but not unfishably so and the water was like gin. Great fishing conditions if you like that kind of thing. Weather wise, the morning was cloudy and then the sun came out about 1pm and shone for the rest of the day.

I fished the lower section in the morning and the upper section in the afternoon. They're like two two different rivers really. The lower section is quite tight in places and the wading, especially around the pocket water, can be tricky - those pockets are DEEP and the rocks slippery and I took an involuntary swim at one point - whereas the upper section is easily waded and open.

My fish all came in the afternoon off the upper section to a speculative dry #16 olive pattern drifted over likely spots on the end of a 14 ft leader and 7X tippet. None of the fish were rising prior to taking the fly. I should have caught in the lower section too - there were certainly takeable fish there - but I was undecided whether to fish nymph or dry and ended up by alternately fishing both badly. Spent a lot of time unhooking the backcast from trees too, which didn't help. With water as low and clear as that you only really get one chance and my drifts and set up were far too clumsy for the conditions. So it's my own fault that I didn't catch.

Will definitely try and go back though. It's glorious country up there and I want to try and make a better job of fishing the bottom section next time. I didn't do it justice.

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