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the day started badly 3" tip of a 6ft rod broken off no idea how as i could not find it casting was a bit difficult but needs must , the river is a really nice depth but very clear , overhanging trees , bramble banks and the obligatory barbed wire are a fly fishers nightmare but i think on the right day this beat would be fantastic , but i never saw a fish or even had a tug , was using gold bead pheasant tails and grhe , but will be going back later in he year as it just looks to good not to have any fish there,

1 Grayling

River low and clear and water temperature low. Managed both chub on meat from the pool below the croy on the left bank.

2 Chub

The idea was to try trotting and I did explore most of the beat, but I think the fly rod might have been better today.

Zero caught, very low and very, very clear. Fished hard on various methods. No fish seen

Tough day, cold overnight with a frost so not ideal conditions. Fished the deeper sections managed 2 chub between us.

2 Chub

Difficult day trotting with the river fairly low. 1 grayling just under the 2lb mark

1 Grayling

Crisp and chilly morning. Overcast. River had a good flow to it, but it did seem a little low, I guess we haven’t had rain for about two weeks. Fished with nymph (Pink Shrimp) on a Klinkhammer indicator. I was fishing the nymph at about 4 feet to start with, then in one of the deeper slower parts fo the river I decided to go down to about 6-7 feet. One grayling of about 10-12" resulted.

A slow day, but beautiful none the less. Unfortunately my waders didn’t miraculously patch themselves up over winter… freezing wet feet for most of the five hours, but great fun and it was lovely to be out on the river.

1 Grayling

Quite a pace to the water today with c.18" clarity, Showing .51 on the Byton level. Freezing, foggy start however the sun burnt through by 11am into a glorious, sunny day. All fish caught trotting maggot, primarily in the upper section. Only a couple of small ones, mostly in the 10 to 16 inch range.

1 Trout, 15 Grayling

Beautiful stretch of the river a few grayling seen one hooked and lost, a little slip in the river resulting in a soaking! But still all fun