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The overnight rain - which denied England a well deserved victory in the Old Trafford Test - had put a hit of colour in the river. Not that it appeared to help the fishing; I was half way up to the weir, and wondering what I was doing wrong, before I caught my first Grayling. Curiously, having caught the first fish, I had another 7 from the same run (6 on the way up river, 2 on the way back down). 2 Trout and another Grayling from just below the weir, but slim pickings downstream in the afternoon (this beat requires a rethink; if the cottage is occupied, as it invariably is, there is very little to go at downstream, especially at summer levels)

My other was a Minnow; a 3 inch leviathan, that took a Size 14 Endrick Spider in mid water, and was only landed after an epic battle

3 Trout, 10 Grayling, 1 Other

One brown trout on a Ginger Quill dry fly
9” in length
River summer hight but a little “cloudy “ in
colour

1 Trout

4 Trout, 13 Grayling

2 grayling caught below the bridge. Both on brown PA.

2 Grayling

Wonderful setting for this beat and good water to go with it.

6 Trout, 10 Grayling

30 x grayling 6-15 inches, 6 x trout 6-13 inches, heavy nymphs on long leader.

6 Trout, 30 Grayling

6 x grayling 6-15 inches, Tungsten Hare's Ear and Pink Shrimp

6 Grayling

The beat was booked for two anglers.
Angler 1 (Richard) caught one small Grayling (about 7 oz) before midday in a pool down-stream from the road bridge, on a dark bodied nymph with a olive throat hackle (not sure of the actual pattern). There were several other active fish in the pool (assumed also to be Grayling) but no more takes were forthcoming.
Angler 2 (David) caught two small trout in the deep pool (with the high banks occupied by sand martin birds), in the field above the road bridge. These were taken on gold head hares ear nymphs. Again these were very small fish of 5oz and 8 oz approx but in good condition.
Generally, there were only a few small fish rising on the river .
Fly-wise, a sparse hatch of Mayflies were seen during the day.
The river was quite low, which was not a surprise following the long dry spell that we have just experienced.
Enjoyment-wise, we both had a very enjoyable day in beautiful, peaceful surroundings, away from mobile phone contact.
It was a delight to meet the current tenants of the fishing lodge by the river: but a little sad to hear about the decline of the fishing and the general neglect of the stiles and bank-side bushes and trees over the years.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Nicely overcast but a bit of a cold wind blowing. 3 modest grayling and a few missed takes between us (NB FP- block booking shows as 1 angler). Not much bug life, only 1 fish seen rising. Good day in the river. Legges sausage roll and Dudfield fried egg sandwich, washed down with Henry Weston's vintage. A nice day on the river!

3 Grayling

Fished for 3 hours mostly down stream of the bridge. Conditions were warm, lots of midge type flies, a few occasional May flies. No fish were rising. Tried dry Tups no joy and then small red nymph which had two takes for small fish both of which slipped the hook. A shame this beat does not do half day permits. Last time I fished up stream of the bridge and had a record day. It seems to be a bit pricey to me