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River on 1ft 3". No salmon seen or caught just one small trout .

1 Trout

River on 1 foot 4 and dropping. No salmon seen or caught but caught two nice trout - one was 2 pounds and the other around the pound mark. Both fish returned.

2 Trout

River perfect - warm and overcast....all ideal but nobody told the salmon. Good pull in the Rock Pool but didn't see a salmon all day. V enjoyable none the less.

2 Trout

1 Trout

A couple of hours on the Bridge Flats produced 11 grayling to dry flies (small tan & grey klinkhammers mostly) and many more missed. Nearly all were of the same year class of just under the pound mark.

11 Grayling

One about 8-10 pounds that I thought was mine before a distance release. Then contact with another fish taking line bringing the clutch to life before everything went slack again!

2 Trout

River at 1ft 5" and 4ft vis. Great conditions. I only had time to fish Rock but missed a salmon like pull in neck and then had a storming take in the tail to a size 8 Bann Shrimp. Thought it was a very big fish a first, a thought reinforced when after swimming up to me it ripped 50 yards off the reel at alarming speed. Turned out to be a coloured hen of around 13lb that had the length to have been several pounds heavier when she ran in. Didn't cast again but a friend fished my rod and had a 37" kyped up cock fish (C.12lb) from neck of Rectory on a size 9 flamethrower.

2 Salmon

Started at 9am under the excellent tutorage of John Symonds, within a couple of hours both able to cast (some of the time!). A great day was had, learnt lots, a couple of fish seen, however none caught.

H caught her first ever fish tonight.
She learnt how to cast in the Bridge pool and then proceeded to catch a salmon parr and then a 1lb grayling all on her own. She even chose the fly. This was without the benefit of waders, just trainers and shorts.
Her sister A also fished but took the time to perfect her casting rather than bother with catching. Very elegant and perfect timing, next time the fish will need to watch out!

1 Grayling, 1 Other

River too low for Salmon but a great day.