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Wintry showers, strong wind and high'ish river levels made for difficult fishing so I was happy to catch the smallest grayling and wbt in the water!
An excellent beat that needs revisiting in better conditions.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

It was my first time on a river with a fly rod. The river was quite coloured and fast flowing making things possibly more difficult. No catches to report. All in all a good experience. Very impressed with your online booking system. Will be back in the trout season. Thank you.

No Northern Volunteer Team working today so grabbed a couple of hours fishing as quite a bit of extra water expected after heavy rain forecast for Friday.
10" grayling on pink shrimp on third cast - and that was it. Nice to get out if a tad chilly.

1 Grayling

Had 3 hours on the water, very cold ice in all the puddles, foggy until 2pm. The river was running off from previous rain with a good level of water coloured but not chocolate. Fished upstream gold heads, no fish caught but couple of nice pulls, I guess it's the penalty of fishing barbless hooks which I prefer to use. One disappointment was seeing a cormorant fly over.

Had a short session on 5th Oct and lost a large grayling on a red tag having changed from nymphing after a savage take on the red indicator. Went back to same pool for a brief visit on 7th Oct - after heavy rain river only up a couple of inches but very coloured and full of debris. One small grayling in faster shallows on sparse nymph pattern.

1 Grayling

Tried trotting for about 5 hours from mid-morning onwards. 2 grayling of about 10-12 inches caught and several more lost. 1 trout of about 10 inches, half a dozen small grayling, a few small trout/salmon parr and minnows also caught.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

Dropped in after a poor day at Mortimers Cross.
3 small grayling between us but enjoyable never the less.

3 Grayling

River low, all caught in fast runs on weighted nymphs. No joy or interest on the dry. All fish 5-12 inch. Pleasant days fishing.

5 Trout, 8 Grayling

Fished this beat for the first time today using my Wild Stream Annual permit. Interesting morning with a woefully low river! I had 3 Grayling and my 13 yr old lad had his first double hookup with 2 x 10" fish on at once, his face was a picture. Also caught some monster minnows! Home in time for dinner and afternoon snooze! Lol (must be getting old).

5 Grayling

A quiet calm day. Tried weighted nymphs but only had one take. All three grayling took dry flies and we're around 6 inches. All were returned safely. A lovely beat that needed a bit more water.

3 Grayling