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Beautiful beat and the water level and clarity was good but no grayling. I did manage to spot salmon and the top of the beat which is a good sign for the river.

Me and my brother covered all the pools on this stretch trotting maggots and managed 3 grayling a piece, all of which were decent fish. Probably should have brought my nymphing rod as well to get the best out of the stretch. Stunning river. Access to the second field from the bottom end was very difficult due to a collapsed river bank which has dragged the fence down into the river.

6 Grayling

Cold after temperature drop and North East wind, water very clear running at about 0.5 m on nearest gauges. Lovely beat , never saw a sole. ! very nice out of season WBT 1 lb 8-10 ounces, 1 small Grayling .

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Amazing day for which 5 Grayling does not tell the whole story. I run off between French nymphing, dry fly and float fished maggot was won by the float fishing. All 5 were in the 1 -1/2 to 2lb class, the best estimated to be just over 2lb and one fish was quite dark with signs of historic Comorant damage, the rest all brightly coloured and clearly capable of growing bigger. Looking forward to returning to this beat, focusing on heavy bugs and dry fly next time.

5 Grayling

30 Trout, 2 Grayling

River quite high and pushing through, still plenty of colour so plumped for a day of trotting. Just one Chub with not so much as a nibble from anything else despite plenty of playing around with the set up. Great stretch but too high today to get the best out of it.

1 Chub

Unfishable, bank high and belting through. A 6oz lead wouldnt hold bottom let along trying to trot a float!

2 Trout

0.9 on Cilmery gauge. Pushing through a bit fast in most pools. Small fish both had on nymphs.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

River on the rise following recent rain. Fished nymphs but not reaching the bottom as some deep holes along this stretch. A few misses. No fish on the surface despite a hatch of olives late afternoon.