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3 or 4 fish rising no takes. Difficult access to river from bank so best to get in and wade the river instead of walking the bank.

Evening session. A few splashy rises to small dries. Otherwise quiet.

Challenging beat with access only in a handful of places along the beat, best bet is to stay in the river as much as possible. Stealth was key today with low, clear water (2025 season in a nutshell so far)
Sporadic mayfly coming off all day but fish definitely locked on the sedge flies. 5 fish hooked on an CDC & elk hair caddis landed 2. Once you’re in the river it’s a great little beat with some good fishing to be had.

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Arrived at the river early, overcast and around 8degrees, started nymphing and saw few rises, changed to a Klinkhammer I tied recently and caught a lovely WBT, caught 2 more on hares ear nymph. Water was clear, lots of nymphs under stones, lots coming off the water towards mid day. Reasonably accessible beat. KM

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First time on this beat. Only fished for an hour and a half and recced the rest. River pretty with some wild life - saw caddis moving about and some weed. Much of the stone was clear but some had slime cover. Euro nymphed and caught a lovely coloured fish about 10" in good condition. Talked to a friendly farmer who said fishing not so good recently and that fencing along the banks had made access to river impossible in places.

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A few mayfly about but almost zero interest from the fish.

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I found this stretch to be very overgrown and difficult to wade for a 75 year old. There were a few mayfly about and some fish were rising. Caught one small trout and lost a couple of others, all on a mayfly emerger pattern.

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Warm sunny day with few small insect hatches in the afternoon, but no rises. Air and water temperature still cool. 2 WBT taken on nymph (dark olive pheasant tail), plus 1 missed take. Wet-fly trio on droppers with nymph point.

NOTE: Easy access to river, but difficult wading/walking along beat - overgrown with thorns (risk to tear waders).

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