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Very hot but a bit overcast, low water. Two huge splashes indicated salmon but nothing seen of the trout!

5 Chub

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

1 Barbel, 3 Chub

A couple of dace caught on the fly, and a few trout seen but couldnt interest them. Also accidentally hooked 3 shad whilst swinging a wet fly over the course of the day, which were swiftly returned safely.

5 Other

Blue sky, no wind, beautiful day. One brown trout landed but returned. Caught on a green nymph with heavy head

Plenty of water to cover on this beat and had the whole beat to myself today . No salmon caught but I did have a salmon follow my fly and saw another jump on beat 4 . X2 shad caught and released

2 Other

Didn't catch any salmon. Saw one though moving through beat four. Earlier in the day fised beats 2 and 3. This is nice varied water but I was plagued by canoeists. One in a group of 8 capsized in front of me. Then they all spent 10 minutes messing about in the swim trying to sort out the capsized canoe. They then parked up in the next swim downstream (about 50yrds away) and spent the next 10 mins loudly messing about lobbing and skimming stones into the river. It looked like most of the canoeists were getting out at the pub which is halfway down the beat, so I moved downstream below the pub and it was much quieter. Shame really because the stretch upstream is lovely.
As i say, didn't manage to move any salmon but I did have 4 trout ... all under a pound but v pretty.
I also have a v sunburned head (only on one side ... natch!)

4 Trout

One good size salmon leaped. Trout rising for emerging mayflies, but catching them on the moment of escape therefore hard to imitate, as they are not carried downstream. Fast downstream swing presentation provoked a couple bites. Couple of daces on wet fly too.

1 Trout, 2 Other

2 Trout