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13 Trout

No Fish today, bites on float and spinner. Lovely day though and the weather was great

Hairs ear one brown just under a pound

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

What a difference a little water in the river makes. Top day with easily over 50 trout on dries between us. We had 6 trout around the pound mark and my fishing partner Scott had a cracker at 1 3/4 pound. This fish had broken him off only 10 minutes prior to him hooking it again and he was able to retrieve his jingler
from first time round.

50 Trout, 2 Grayling

Didn’t hold out much hope on arrival, brilliant sunshine, 20deg and gin clear low water, a few fish seen but very skittish, plenty of hatch but lovely 8” brownie on a blue winged olive the only rise of the day, always love returning to Penpont irrespective of the catch, just a lovely place to spend the day.

1 Trout

9 Trout

An excellent stretch with a good head of fish. All were taken on dries, and were fit as fiddles. Recommended.

14 Trout

The river was low (0.28m on the Ross gauge) and hadn’t risen appreciably after the rain on Thursday (apart from carrying a slight tinge). Canoes and paddle boarders dogged the day. This was to be expected on a warm Saturday but I’ll try to get to the beat much earlier if fishing on a weekend again. There were two or three good-sized salmon in the tail of the Vanstone in the evening (once the canoes had finished), but it wasn’t possible to cover them effectively with the fly due to depth of the pool at that point. I caught one decent Shad (over a pound), but that was it. Fantastic mayfly hatch but no sign of trout.

1 Other

No fish caught, plenty of good size fish showing. Found it difficult in the conditions warm bright and still. Need to work out the best approach in the murky shallow water! Will try again lovely lake.