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Nothing doing until 9pm, then quite a good hatch of smaller and larger olives, and a good rise of fish - which led to many offers, but no hook-ups! (Should I have been using a smaller fly?) Finally caught a 2-pounder in the flat water at nearly 10pm on a Grey Wulff.

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Three trout, 15", 10" and 9". Two caught on nymph, one on a size 18 CDC olive dun emerger. Fishing all concentrated into periods when there was a hatch on, very slow at other times. A few big mayfly coming off late afternoon but very few - not enough to ever interest them, they focussed on much larger hatches of smaller flies, including clouds of really tiny stuff - the dreaded Caenis/smuts/tiny black gnats? Had a few takes on tiny size 20 F-Fly too, but harder to connect with on such a tiny hook - didn't hook any of those bites. Fish all in great condition - had another fish of about 15" which came off the hook after three very acrobatic leaps!

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Unfortunately work commitments intervened and we were unable to fish this booking. Thank you however, for advice on the telephone finding available bookings at late notice. As always great service, thank you.

Sunny and few flies hatching. Mange a couple with nymphs in the fast water

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Mix of bright sun and cloud with a fair breeze. Water clear. Not much going on in terms of rises despite a bit of bug life. 1 10" brownie returned and just 1 more bite. Chicken tikka made a nice lunch. Would have liked to stay longer to see if things got busier. Lovely day to be out and about.

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Nothing caught, brief hatch for about 20 minutes mid afternoon with a few fish rising but could not get them to take my fly. Saw a Osprey.

Tough day. No fish rising. Concentrated on faster water flows with weighted nymphs. One 16 inch fish to the net. Two others lost.

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