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Nil return. River high and coloured after several days of heavy rain.

Arrived early morning and left around 1pm - 9 trout mostly small but 3 or 4 needing the hand net. All returned, Persistent rain most of the day. 7 took a nymph fished duo style; 2 larger fish took the elk hair mayfly. Dog walkers using the river to exercise their dogs and disturbing the fishing upstream.

10 Trout

8 Trout

Very small perfect condition brown trout, on a size 18 olive.

1 Trout

Tough days fishing with bright and windy conditions. We fished from the lower limit and had a little walk about before we spotted a couple of fish rising. One fish of 10 inches was landed after a few different dry flies were put over him. The other fish rising were reluctant to come up to much of what we put over them. Later on a slightly bigger fish of 13 inches was caught on a tiny size 18 cdc. Plenty of fish missed and a very good fish lost in some fast water that also took a cdc. Lovely setting but maybe a good idea to fish during the week to avoid dog walkers and labs in the river!

2 Trout

Water low and clear weather overcast odd showers temp about 10 degrees 6 brown approx 8/9 ins long all caught on hares ear fly all returned. All caught in same pool perhaps stockies other fish seen rising but only small in other parts of beat

6 Trout

Weather was foul; this was the first time I have cauight a trout in a hailstorm! But the small ones were feeding at least, on nymphs, and kept me cheerful.

6 Trout

There was quite a bit of rubbish on the bottom including an old car battery. That said it was a great afternoon.

An excellent days fishing with Oliver Birch who taught me some new methods to add to my expanding catalogue of methods. All fish caught on spiders using the dropper method.

9 Trout

Good stretch of the river, especially island bend. Water clear after rain, very brief hatch for 10 minutes or less, mostly sunny day, light wind.

5 Trout