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Disappointing fishing, no salmon or trout, only three small fish.

1 Chub, 2 Other

Arrived at 6.45am & fished through The Rocks & The Chine with small salmon flies. No salmon seen or any takes except for a large trout which was no match for a 14 foot double hander!
Swapped to a little 3wt for trout later on & took a couple on a tiny gold head pheasant tail fished duo.
A very big salmon rolled in the slack water at the back of The Chine Pool about 11am but given the low clear water I wonder if it was stuck there & had been in a while. Still I tried covering it with all sorts as it clouded up later, but no interest at all.

3 Trout

Fished below bridge. I took a 14ft salmon rod and spinning rod and my companion hedged his bets with a salmon rod and 9ft trout rod. His was the better idea as I blanked but he had 4 trout, 1.5lb, 1lb and two 12oz. Fish took HE spider.

4 Trout

12 small trout returned caught using nymphs and wet fly.

12 Trout

River had clearly had some rain on the Saturday and was up and a bit coloured in the morning but fell about 3 inches and fined down during the day.
All my trout were caught in the Wood Stream from 11am to 12pm on a goldhead PTN and a Greenwell's Spider fished across & down. Nothing large, 6oz each, but great fun on a 3-weight.
A really good hatch of fly from 4pm on, both small sedges and a spinner of some type and there was a really interesting rise on the flats above the Wood Stream: the fish were big but intermittent and selective. I missed three on nymphs, which was REALLY irritating!. I also saw a few Mayflies during the day.
Lovely water, fun wading, and clearly plenty of trout there. Barry, the owner, was incredibly helpful, giving me some excellent advice on the phone a few days before: really helped me fish in the right places. And he told me of the wonderful film of Oliver Kite fishing the beat which is on YouTube: lovely footage.

4 Trout

Great days fishing, biggest fish was 2lb and caught NZ style with deep nymph in the slower pools. French nymphing accounted for a greater number in the streamier sections. Fishing slowed in the afternoon when the sun came out but managed a further 1.5lb brownie just before leaving. Can't recommend this beat enough, great variety of fishing and Barry the beat owner was very helpful.

9 Trout

No salmon seen or caught, but the trout fishing was fantastic. Even in the boiling hot weather, the trout were more than willing to take a dry fly. At One point in the afternoon we had 3 grass snakes in the water with us. Lovely beat, well worth a visit. And thanks to the owner for the offer of help, we did need it!

Saw plenty of fish, but caught nothing. Still had a nice day out.

A better day for trout with temp 21 degrees and fine but cloud cover. Opted for trout as .52m and clear. Both J and I had parr on gold-head nymphs and I hooked and lost one trout of around three quarter pound, all between two and four pm at woodstream.
I fished through to 9.45pm and was encouraged by fish rising after 8pm. Lost one nice trout of about a pound fishing upstream dry white wulff at 8pm. Decided to give the rock a rest and returned at 9pm to take 7 fish of half pound to 1lb then at 9.30pm hooked a belter cock fish at 2lb, again on the upstream dry wulff. This fish taken, all others returned.
Activity ceased by 9.45pm, so only a short window so be prepared!

14 Trout

I started fishing at 7pm but the sun was still too high and so just waited until about 8:30pm. At about that time the whole river came alive for about an hour and a half. I had a 2lb brownie on a sunken spider in the faster water just above the bridge. Then had a go for the fish down below the bridge which were rising like crazy. Lost a couple. A great evening's fishing!

1 Trout