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Sunny intervals and a light breeze. On the river around 11am. Very little fly life throughout the day. The occasional flurry of yellow may duns and sporadic smaller olive upwings. Hardly saw a caddis. Excessive eutrophication blatant. No weed growth and all the rocks coated in horrible brown algae - the result of excessive agricultural run off and sewage pollution.

I spent most of the day searching the water looking for rising fish or prospecting likely spots. Rising fish were very hard to find and spot. That said, when there was a bit of activity the fish took cdc emerger patterns readily. I caught 2 fish on a yellow may dun pattern and 6 fish on smaller olive emergers. All fish over a 1lb and two fish over 2.5lbs.

8 Trout

3 Trout

A real treat to watch an otter giving her young cub a swimming lesson. He preferred skipping along the bank! Also the largest number of sand martins I have ever seen. They were well fed from a trickle of various olives, mayflies and yellow mays all afternoon. And the fishing was good. All caught on dries.

6 Trout

Two 19 inch fish of 3 and 2.75 lbs, the rest around 13-14 inches, on PTN (duo) in afternoon, and then size 14 Adams (dun) in the evening, right up to dark. Most of the fish were in surprisingly skinny water in tail glides and in little rocky pockets off the main current. Thought I'd hooked a small one, from a tiny rise near the end of the rod, in near-darkness, and it turned out to be a 3-pounder!

7 Trout

1 x brown trout 11'', 1 x brown trout 15''. Both caught on size 16 Tups Indispensable. Very nice beat, had to leave as the best of the evening rise was getting underway.

2 Trout

Day was bright with some broken cloud. First time at this beat, some lovely water here. Couldn't get the dries to stick, so all caught on nymphs.

11 Trout

A beautiful stretch. Mainly sunny, with modest (annoying) downstream breeze at times. Sporadic fly hatches during the day, bringing up occasional fish. All fish caught on dries, most by prospecting likely runs. Better fish showed late on.

8 Trout

4 Trout

4 Trout