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4 Trout

All fish was on nymph.

4 Trout

Another great day out on the river but unfortunately without much luck of meeting the local fish habitat. The water was clear and very cold. It may have been that I lost my stealth skills in the last couple of month so I scared them away but unfortunately I didnt get to see a single fish on the day and didnt see much flylife either. There are quite a few nice runs and pools on this stercth of the river which seemed very promising so I may need to revisit on a warmer day to see what this river really holds.

Clear bright sunny sky, very windy. Water low and clear
No fly life and no fish moving.

Fished 'meadow' section by willows from 11 am - 4 pm with 1 WBT about 14" using down stream pheasant tail. Warm but no insect life to talk of. Didn't see any other fish all day but a pleasant location and enjoyed the experience.

1 Trout

Water very low. Didn't see a fish, other than fry, all day.

I know I should have read the recent catch reports "before" I booked this beat, but you live and learn, as they say!
We are by no means expert fly fishermen, but we flogged the entire length of this stretch relentlessly for about 8 hours with every fly in the box, but only a single fish was seen, it was about 8" long and travelling downstream like an Exocet missile. This is a real pity because this is a fantastic stretch of water that looks like it should be teeming with fish. Small shoals of fry provided some encouragement for the future but at the moment this place is only good for casting practice. A possible reason for the lack of fish may be that no insect life could be found under any stone we turned over. On the positive side we rescued a sheep who had managed to get it's head stuck in a fence.

23rd and 24th May 2013, 2 rods. We fished 4/5 hrs both days, morning, afternoon and evening. Marginal weather, very windy and bright sunshine followed by heavy showers on both days. River level normal but a little coloured. Despite the perfect setting we caught no fish, we saw only 3 fish jump over the two days and no rises were seen. Otter tracks over the whole length of the beat gave us our excuses. We saw no fry in the margins except for one fish about 1 inch long. Methods used, up stream and down stream nymph fishing with various gold head and hares ear nymphs on the point with a wet black gnat on the dropper.

Beautiful beat and glorious weather for sunbathing. River already getting a bit low so combined with sunshine made for difficult going. No fish seen or contacted apart from zillions of fry.

Cold - no fish caught or seen.