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Brutal conditions… downstream wind, hail storms, no meaningful hatch and no trout rising… except for one hungry fish sipping down a late afternoon trickle of olives. 19” and 2lb 12. Was worth turning blue for.

1 Trout

Lovely stretch of river. Not much insect life, and didn't see any fish rising. Caught two trout in the deeper runs on heavy caddis nymphs.

2 Trout

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Two Trout on fly at upper end of beat both returned. River high but running fairly clear.
Lower end of beat difficult access due to fallen trees etc.

Two seperate sets of two anglers (two men and then two women) ledgering from opposite bank at upper end of beat.

2 Trout

2 Trout

Great to be back on the river, and a lovely day as well. The water was high-ish but clear and falling. Looked good. I started at about 1pm, using nymphs. Nothing till 2.45, and then caught two and lost a third. Finished at 4pm. No rises visible at all. Until next time!

2 Trout

Fished on nymph's from 10.30am till 3pm beautiful stretch of water neither caught or had a bit which on the day was surprising as water was dropping and fairly clear. Saw no fish rise but after all said had a great few hrs and will return to this beat as soon as weather/water permits

Arrived at around 1100hrs, plenty of fast moving clear water in the river. Hatch of Olives at around midday. Managed 1 small brownie and left at around 1500hrs

1 Trout

This was my first time fishing this beat and I have to say the water is lovely! It has a good variety of riffles, runs, pools, glides and dry flats. With that said it was an incredibly difficult day! I covered a lot of water and nothing seemed to be feeding. A few olives were the only thing I saw in terms of a hatch and nothing came up for those. With the temps being quite mild I was expecting to have a bit more action and at least see a few fish rising. I started fishing at 9.30am and decided to call it a day at around 2pm when my gut feelings told me that it wasn’t going to get any better. I did however manage to get two nice fish in the net using heavy nymphs on a French leader. The first fish was around 16 inches and the Second was around 18.5 inches (but very lean). Both were returned and swam off strong. Wading can be pretty challenging in places as there is a lot of slippery bedrock shelves, so it’s definitely not for the faint hearted. Overall I’m pretty happy with today considering the trout season has only just started and I will definitely be back in the warmer months.

2 Trout

River conditions very low. Both trout caught on dry/dropper method.

2 Trout