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A few fish seen but none rising to fly despite plenty of fly life on the river. Water was clear and flowing nicely although bottom below pumping station was covered in green slime. Above pumping station rock bed was clean and clear, need we say more.

A day of three parts. In the morning the weather was benign, but the trout weren't moving. As I stopped for a sandwich the cold front arrived, a cool breeze and showers. And in those conditions I caught a nice trout on a downstream nymph in broken water. Then the weather cheered up again, a few trout started rising, but not in places I could reach with a dry fly. Fascinating!

1 Trout

2 good sized trout: 1 around 1.5lb and the other perhaps 1lb. Both taken on a Prince Nymph, in the rough water below the weir near the top of the beat.

2 Trout

10 Trout

Evening fishing, cool temperature for May, downstream wind made casting tricky. There were very few fish showing, and few insects on the river.

Brief session before dark, trying to tempt the rising trout with yellow mayfly emerger patterns. Success just before packing up, with a very fine 2 1/4lb specimen.

1 Trout

Water in perfect conditions didn't fish until very late due to travelling good hatch olives n large brook dunes yellow may duns all fish taken on dries

5 Trout

Caught on cdc olive emerger

2 Trout

Upstream nymph or bead head. One on a dry fly

7 Trout

A sunny day with good hatches throughout but I didn't see a single rise. After a couple of hours swinging wets I moved to using streamers which proved to be very effective. The trout wanted a fry imitation moving extremely fast. Once I'd cracked the code I caught some great trout of about 1.5 pounds and upwards. The largest was about three pounds. I also caught one chubb.

10 Trout, 1 Other