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A nice day to be on the river and some decent fishing too. We took fish in the morning on nymphs (GRHE & olive jig nymph) and in the afternoon on various dries.

11 Trout

Heavy rain overnight so I expected the river to be coloured but in fact it was fine for the first hour or two. Parked at bottom section and soon found fish rising but we both failed to match the hatch until the trout later started taking duns. At that point I rose two very good trout on a CDC olive but failed to connect with either because the fly I was using had no hook! My partner meanwhile was landing her second trout of the day (both 1lb or so) on a comparadun.

I also met a nice guy from the Brecon club who not only pointed out very politely that I was fishing on the wrong side but also gave me two excellent march brown emerger patterns for good measure. Not long after that the river started rising (and colouring) because of rain elsewhere and the rises stopped but for a 10 inch trout that made its way onto my hook. I will fish this beat again and hopefully fish it better!

3 Trout

One BT to a dry black gnat. Cold and drizzly, not much surface action.

1 Trout

12 Trout

With low water and strong sunlight early on this was not going to be a day of big catches. Fortunately cloud came in by mid-morning and I was lucky to get a fish of a pound and three quarters on a grey shrimp near the bottom of the top section, so to speak. As in the past the lovely pools up here then refused to yield further trout so after a walk back to the car I later concentrated on the middle and bottom sections. There were steady risers after lunch in one pool but the downstream wind that prevailed today made extension of the dry fly leader difficult so I soon reverted to nymph and shrimp or a cast purely of PTNs, and might have added to my score with trout hooked and lost or simply bumped in the way the down-and-across fisher risks. Cold winds and night temps made for meagre rewards on the river but it was a pleasure to be away from the very Roman city of Bath for a few days.

4 Trout

Lovely time (although only had a couple of hours) as ever on this wonderful beat. Lost one fish. Lots of fly life about, which was great to see. Pleasure to meet David and his wife.

Good day on this lovely beat. Water low and clear, cold start but warmed up later with blustery upstream wind. All fish taken in the morning on a heavy hares ear nymph prospecting in the pocket water. Plenty of flies hatching, LDOs, Grannon and March Browns, but few fish rising. I put this down to the bright conditions and blustery easterly wind. Still a great day on a lovely beat. All fish between 8" and 12".

7 Trout

A sunny day and very low river - started at the top of the beat mid-morning and saw two tiddlers then nothing all weekend. Lovely stretch for the right conditions.

2 Trout

2 trout both around 8", both took the top dropper, a partridge and orange spider and a small pt nymph. A good first outing and a wee bit rusty being my excuse for not catching a few more as fish were moving during the LDO hatch around midday.

2 Trout

A good day and some lovely water to fish. A slowish start early on but fish started to respond from around 9am to nymphs. Clink & dink became the most successful method as the day wore on as fish were somewhat reluctant to rise to a trickle of LDO's & a brief but significant hatch of March browns.

12 Trout