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low water, slick growth on stream bed, evidence of cows in stream, trout seen not landed

Caught one small trout and returned.

1 Trout

Three WBT were very small but I caught them fair and square! This beat reminds me of The Tarrell. Along with free stone wading there are gin clear pools over bed rock which made for very tricky approaches to pools. I wasn't good enough today.
Day was notable for a prolonged game of cat and mouse with a herd of frisky cows blocking my way off the beat. Parking a bit tricky.

3 Trout

I caught no trout today and only saw a couple of rises in the 4 hours I was there. Very difficult day.

Fished 4 hours on a warm bright day. Saw many juvenile trout but nothing above 5". Saw no fish rising and nothing appeared to be hatching. I am a complete novice with fly techniques which may explain my failure to catch. Tried various dry patterns and also a wet but no interest. Beautiful location. Access is hard. No phone signal.

1 Trout

Rained off but the beat looked promising. Huge thank you to the farmer who helped me get my car out after I, er, accidentally drove into a diditch. What a top man he was!

Very difficult to access this beat (fences, low-hanging branches etc) not least because the water was high after recent rain. Gave in after two hours and left it for hardier anglers than myself!