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Conditions good, low water, humid. No fish rising.

Very nice river. Not many fish showing and nothing caught today. 2 canoeists came through the beat which was annoying and had parked there car at one the parking areas on the beat!

Very well conditioned brown trout about 1 lb , returned alive. Water very low with little fly life, nevertheless very enjoyable day.

1 Trout

No fish seen moving in river only 2 rises all day

Fished about 7 to 10pm hoping for an evening rise. Water low and clear. There were a few fish apparently sipping on emergers (not mine), and I had a couple of abortive takes on a size 10 Goddard's sedge late on, but the 10pm sedge hatch/rise failed to materialise. A bit too early in the year?

One 10" trout caught on a size 20 F fly.

1 Trout

hard day

1 Trout

Duo, nymphs and dries all worked. Same old story of a very large trout lost when it got the better of me and wedged itself under a rock shelf. Challenging but fun fishing.

12 Trout

Although two rods were planned for the day, in the event only one of us fished. What a lovely stretch of water and so scenic. I only fished the bottom stretch of this beat below where it becomes more wooded. There was little sign of surface life, just the occasional rise but to what was unclear. I fished a variety of Adams and Klinkhammer flies but with no interest from the few rising fish. I noticed one regular and very subtle rise under the far bank under the trees just above the bottom pool. Again no interest in my Adams and Klinkhammer so I tried an olive emerger and first cast there was a violent grab for my fly and I had hooked a substantial fish. In fact, it turned out to be a personal best WBT: close to 20" long but no idea what weight, maybe a couple of pounds? A beautiful fish indeed and despite catching nothing else for the rest of the day I came away well satisfied. One thing perplexes me a bit: the fish was taking flies (I imagine) just below the surface in a very gentle manner so why such a big show in taking my fly?

1 Trout

Another nice beat with varied fishing, Unfortunately the fish proved hard to tempt in the bright and hot conditions, a few olives hatching here and there but no notable hatches really and not much rising.
Two fish caught and released on nymphs

2 Trout