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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

Tough day! River was low and clear. There was the odd fish rising (during the 7 hour session) but not interested in our offerings with hardly any fish disturbed as we waded virtually the whole beat. Apart from the fishing it was a good day, dry and bright day in spectacular countryside

A few fish rising through the afternoon and into the evening to sparse hatches of march browns, LDO's, sedges and smaller flies. Hooked four decent sized fish on a variety of dries. The first broke my line running between rocks and the next two shook the hook close to the net. It was 20.30 before I set the hook properly.

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5 Trout

Blank day with absolutely nothing seen all day. No rises, no pulls not even a scared fish fleeing! Lovely stretch of river but where are the stocks of small fish I've seen here in previous years? Did see a Goosander with 9-10 chicks (but not laying the blame there). Low water with cool downstream wind.

Trout very shy and difficult fish. Maybe the full blasting sun and the otter played their part in that. Still a wonderful day!

1 Trout

Bright sunshine and a good hatch of BWO all day, lots of action on dries and lots of missed splashy takes. Great fun and a lovely place to fish

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