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8lb for Jim Morison from bridge pool on a size 10 willie gun and full floating line.

1 Salmon

With the gauge at Ross showing sub 0.3 wading is possible from the bridge to the ‘pipe’ where you can exit on the right bank, (just beyond new steps and a good 200mtrs below bridge), which gives you access to some terrific fly water. There is a definite lie midstream/midway from bridge to shallows, opposite leaning willow on left bank, as I had a fish there last season and a good pull there this time. The left bank, outside the Island is also an easy stretch with some excellent opportunities at this depth. Even using an intermediate tip and half inch tungsten tube-flies, various patterns, it rarely snagged the bottom. A very pleasant days fishing with no Salmon landed but one bar of silver of approx. 10lb got the heart racing when it jumped right over the rod-tip!

1 Chub

No salmon seen or caught.

1 Trout

Plenty of flow but a little too much colour in the water. First visit so not most productive of afternoons, but much potential in the beat. The "Island" looked most promising, but I doubt anyone has fished it for a while....machete tactics required to even get to see the water, let alone get to it!
One small trout to show for the effort, but one silver fish showing in the top of the pool. Pleasant afternoon and family enjoyed pottering about too, exploring the church and arriving at the river just in time to doubt the veracity of my trout!

1 Trout

A glorious day on a favourite beat. Wading was perfect, with the gauge at Ross reading 0.37 online at 06:30, all the way down the right bank to the pipe too.
More wildlife than you can wave a stick or a 15ft rod at. No salmon unfortunately but plenty of other species bumping the flies of all patterns, shapes and sizes. Even had amorous Barbel trying to spawn with my boots; now that’s a first for me! And so many chub I’ll have to run a stick float through in the summer and get some on the ‘Pin’……

3 Trout, 5 Chub

Nice fly water. Didn't see any salmon.

The water was a foot above ideal [0.84mtr @ Ross] and the colour of tea which made wading less than ideal and the fly almost invisible. Not to worry, a fat trout found it! A spell with the spinning rod produced nothing either but that didn’t matter as I had just spent 45 minutes filming an otter that was porpoiseing around me in search of small eels, fantastic!
I did take the opportunity to test my theory regarding a #8 rate switch rod from the right bank to bottom of beat and yes it can fish through with either a short back-cast or a roll cast, accessing the run opposite the island too. Ideal for the summer month perhaps?

1 Trout

Well I just don't understand it. Not a touch, but that's fishing! River conditions were fine, wind was a bit of a pig but I ran the flies[cascades and shrimp patterns] through all the best bits and cast a FC into the hotspots too. Not to worry, the seasons just begun...
One point to note; the pool on left bank, outside the island, is a little deeper than last season, the collapsed right bank has pushed the main flow a little more towards mid-river which means that, for those who don't like deep wading, this pool can be fished quite well from the right bank now. Even a switch rod can access the best of the run with ease...

1 Trout