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4 trout caught 2 returned. All caught on klinkhammers. 2 salmon spotted very close to bank on house side but not interested in anything.
Water low which meant great wading. An excellent beat with great directions. I look forward to returning. The whole booking process couldn't have been easier.
Spotted a mink on the far side of the bank.

4 Trout

Tough days fishing with the river low and clear. rose several fish but failed to connect with most. Finally hooked a good fish of around 3lbs, caught on a PTN fished NZ style.

1 Trout

No fish caught in the morning, raining continuously. Much better afternoon between 2 and 6pm with 10 fish caught to 12 inches. All New Zealand style in the top half of the beat. First time on this beat and very impressed.

10 Trout

River had cleared slightly since yesterday. 15 degrees C blustery with showers. Caught all fish on upstream bead head nymph and saw very few rising fish. A bit of a rise to small olives at 3.00pm but couldn't catch them on dries.
A lovely beat with varying character and will definitely come again and hope for more settled weather. Plenty of fish anyway - biggest 14", others averaged about 8-10".

12 Trout

Cool start but olives hatching and we caught fish. Sun burns though clouds olives stop and we stop catching, hard from then on. Nymphs caught but it was slow and hot, this weather of ours? More fish to olives in evening but temp dropped big time and the rise stopped. Nice fish caught, all returned, will fish this beat again. 12 fish returned.

12 Trout

Fish rising in the morning to olives but activity declined during the main part of the day. Fish became much more active in the evening when the two best fish of 2 lb and 2.5 lb were taken. Flies were an emerger olive and a Dogsbody variant. Bright and sunny during the main part of the day. Olives and Mayflies main hatches. A challenging but ultimately very rewarding day on a beautiful stretch of river.

22 Trout

Used a mix of wet and dry flies - spiders and nymphs were used, but greater success came using a tungsten hare's ear, catching two wonderful 2lb and 4lb brown trout. Dry fly used was the oliver emerger, and was successful in catching 2 very small trout.

4 Trout

A beautiful stretch of river and with genuinely easy access for more mature trout fishers. Very few rises despite plenty of food coming down. Lovely fishing but tough catching.

2 Trout

7 brown trout to 16 inches on size 14 Dogsbody (dry) and a size 14 pheasant tail nymph with 2.8mm black tungsten bead.

7 Trout

Wind made things difficult.Very little rising, 4 trout on nymphs. Best 12 and 15 inches.

4 Trout