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I had a couple of spare hours this morning. In spite of the river being on it's bones and hardly any flow there were a few risers to be seen. Managed two trout, one of which was 10 inches. Both took a Kite's Imperial which is a reliable early season fly on this beat. The fish were taken in identical locations, just as the shallow run entered the neck of the pool.

2 Trout

Never fished this river before glad I made the trip up, not much water. Had a good time, but then it started to rain so called it a day.

4 Trout, 6 Grayling

Very attractive beat, however, very low water, bright and windy conditions made fishing difficult

1 Grayling

A lovely beat, with some great water, especially the lower end. Had a great day out. Trout (3 small chaps) were hard to come by and mostly tucked away in deeper water and undercuts which took nymphs. Whilst fishing a dry in some riffle water picked up 2 good grayling, but found no trout in the shallower water.
Fish stocks were far lower than I would expect from water such as this where entomology biodiversity seemed very high based on some stone turning. The upper end of the beat lacks the character and fish holding nooks and crannies of the lower section and could do with some rehabilitation to improve this as trout habitat.

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

My first try at this beat, suspect it needs a little more water than today to bring a few more pools into play. Two trout of about 10" to a weighted GRHE. No fly-life today, probably a bit cold.

2 Trout

0.21m on the gauge and running at a steady pace. Coldish Easterly wind not best for this beat. Good hatch of LDO at about 3.30pm, however, not a riser to be seen. Only caught in deeper water, the trout on a PTN and the rather small grayling on an olive Klink, that came up out of pity ! Good to meet up with S.C. yesterday who is a regular here, while I was out walking, and have a natter about fishing in general.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Hard going with the wind in the wrong direction. Sparse hatches of olives and few rising fish but one of which was a 15" extremely strong grayling which took a size 16 Greenwells and took a long time to land...this fish fought harder than all the others I caught during the winter. 8" trout on a size 18 Adams. Good to meet R.H. who lives close to the river and obviously knows it like the back of his hand.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Bright sunny day; although it was quite warm and river level was pretty good, I did not see any fish raising. I have fished all the day with nymphs, and I manage to catch a very big grayling (18 inches!!), 3 small brown trouts. A salmon was also spotted in the first pool of the beat! Lovely part of the river, I will definitely come back!

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished from 11.30 till 15.30 with weighted nymphs on a Tenkara rod. Both fish around 10 inches caught in the last hour .
River was surprisingly low and clear.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling