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My first time on this beat with a light but steady rain pretty much all day. I walked up from the lower entry point so saw almost the entire beat and the majority is wide, slow moving flats with a few short, streamy stretches. There were a handful of upswings hatching all day but the only rises to naturals I saw were very small fish by a fallen branch halfway along the beat.

I didn't have any interest in nymphs or dries except for one channel where a grassy island splits the stream. There was a veritable school of grayling holding there and most casts saw a rise. 8 fish from 5-11 inches were released but there must have been 30-40 rises.

Access is really very tricky, particularly as the nettles and balsam are at full height right now and the ground was wet and slippy underfoot. There are a few marked entry points which are slightly easier but a couple of them descend in the middle of a quicker run - that means you have to fight through the jungle and down some steep drops to get in and fish from the bottom of some of the runs. I got a bit tired of the climbing and sliding so rather gave up on the top quarter.

8 Grayling

10 caught. 2 kept and rest returned safely
All caught on a size12 pearl nymph with a flouro tail.
Wet and windy. Fished bay opposite house

10 Trout

5 Trout

Same problem with dogs river banks over grown need to clear some places for easy access ♿ my elderly father really struggled

4 Trout

Slow days fishing. 3 chub and 1 eel caught. Weather was extremely wet. River was slightly up with a nice colour. Road exiting the fishery was extremely slippery with both vehicles having to be pushed up the hill upon exit.

3 Chub, 1 Other

4 Trout

3 rainbow trout captured on spinner, 1 taken others released.
1 small perch captured on spinner, released.
Windy and very wet!

3 Trout, 1 Other

Very wet conditions gin clear when we started but by time we left the river was getting some colour.
3 chub and 3 eels

3 Chub, 3 Other

Rained from 5.30 to 9.30, no barbel just 2 chub.

2 Chub