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Nothing at the top half of the beat to interest the trout fisherman, but the bottom half contains a couple of streamy runs and some flats that show promise. The wind was variable and occasionally strong, making upstream fishing tricky to impossible, and despite the sunshine it felt cool much of the day. A couple of trout were taken (one lost) and a salmon parr was taken, on upstream dry fly and New Zealand style PTN. A large chub on a silver invicta was a personal first and a surprise!

The field containing the beat is huge and we found the intended parking spot in the middle of the field impossible to find without further guidance!

1 Trout, 1 Chub

1 trout landed of 17 inches, lost 2 more, all on nymphs. No takes to a dry fly, very few fish rising. Fantastic beat and a lot of wildlife.

1 Trout

2 Trout

Caught and lost two sizeable trout.
Incredible variety of bird life in this beat.

Nice day, no fish

Only 1 rod fished and managed 1 small trout in cold, blustery conditions.

1 Trout

Large grannom hatch more-or-less all day. Some March Browns as well. Water levels low and a lot of algae coming off the bottom and floating downstream. Very few rises but a salmon jumped near me.

Beautiful setting for a day's fishing with a good amount of bird life to watch

6 trout to hand up to 2 1/4lb, all released, with at least 3 times as many hooked and lost. The fish were on grannom with most taking an emerger pattern or a greenish klinkhammer in the faster water.
The river went quiet after about 2.30pm but this was another very nice day on this lovely beat, made all the more enjoyable by what I think was osprey flying overhead in the early afternoon.

6 Trout

Great day - 8 fish from 15 to 19 inches, 3 over 2lbs, 2 of which were just shy of 3lbs. Fishing duo, some caught on dry, some on nymph. A few olive duns around, but was it the grannom the fish were after? All went quiet by 5pm.

8 Trout

40 mile an hour winds, no fish seen or caught.

Note to WUF, why cant the parking be just by the railway bridge before the gate, the amount of slurry you had to drive through was crazy and if the cattle were to be in the field where you parked it would be dangerous.

There is plenty of space to park before the cow field without impeding any of the farmers machinery.