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No fish caught, few visible, couldn't tempt a take from the few rises I came across.

No fish, I think it was a bit cold and the river was quite low at about half a metre on the Cilmery gauge. Still nice to get out

Only small fish evident today. Nymphs/grubs and one surprise taker to a dry klink on the dropper.

5 Grayling

Clear water. Low activity.

2 Trout, 6 Grayling

First time on this beat. A lovely bit of water and a nice place to spend the day. Difficult fishing with no sign of much happening. Managed one on a bug fished deep and took one of the top

2 Grayling

River was .062m on the Cilmery gauge and clear. No grayling caught, only OOS trout.

16 Trout

1 Trout, 4 Grayling

First time fishing Colonel's water and had an amazing day. Really nice beat with a good range of water suitable for both dry's and nymphs. Managed to catch my first ever grayling, followed by my second which weighed in at a pound and three quarters, giving a great fight on my light weight euro nymph setup. Unfortunately (can't believe I'm writing this) the beat is full of trout willing to take a nymph. Ended the day with 19 trout and 2 grayling with nearly all the fish taken on nymphs fished euro style. The deeper pools/runs were most productive with a couple of fish caught in the faster riffles. River was .053m on the Cilmery gauge and very clear.

19 Trout, 2 Grayling

Second of three days fishing the passport waters and a disappointing one. Arrived about 12 and fished until 6. It was cloudy and about 11°c when I arrived, but warmed up and turned into the best afternoon of the week. I couldn't find the fish, I tried dries, spiders, nymphs and weighted nymphs, but in the entire time I was there, only saw about 5 or 6 rises. The river didn't look healthy to be honest. There was a sparse hatch a
of flies during the afternoon, and I did see a single mayfly. Swallows and Martins searched the river most of the afternoon, so you would assume there should be fish, but I had not a single pull or rise or any interest shown.

1 Grayling