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River in good condition,very few rises 5 trout all on the nymph. A beautiful day on the river.

5 Trout

7 trout biggest 9". 1 on mayfly, 1 on para adams the rest on gold bead hares ear. A stunning beat.

7 Trout

Hergest has been cleared of a large fallen tree this year and to good effect. Beat is in good condition and lots of fish. I caught a large number of Edw trout of various sizes but none were fingerling size. I fished very slowly and carefully but as the day progressed the water because quite dirty due to large cloud bursts just above where I was standing and I suspect the fishing became a little easier as a result. A very damp day but a very rewarding one.

26 Trout

Easy beat to find, park and access. River nice fishable height and welcomed with several decent fish rising to LDO's in the first pool. Stayed on dries all day (CDC Olive and Adams) and rewarded with 19 wbt from 5" to 13" and every inch denomination in between. Lovely beat, probably 5 to 6 hours worth fished at a leisurely pace.

19 Trout

Glad I made the long trip today! River very clear with a good flow, mainly olives and midge but other types also out. Saw a couple of splashy rises when setting up so went with the para adams. Found fish willing to rise just about everywhere, more so when I switched to a para olive as that was the main fly. Eventually landed 20+, from 6" to 12", and missed or lost as many - mainly from the slow water where they could see the leader. They have certainly switched on now, what a great day.

20 Trout

Persuaded my friend Mike to have a go at fly fishing and bravely booked this beat. Despite the fact that we both have 30 years coarse fishing experience, we were not that hopeful as I'm a novice too.
Arrived at about 10:30 to find the river running beautifully, so we entered the water. This was when we found our wading gear probably wasn't up to the job, we spent most of the day like Bambi on ice but still managed to remain upright all day! I lost count of how many likely looking spots I messed up on the approach.
Despite this Mike caught 4 trout, all on black or pheasant tail gold heads. I had 5 fish all on the same as mike, except for one on a black klinkhammer (my first on a dry fly). The fish were all about 4-10 inches except for one really good fish I had that went over a pound, all were returned.
We both lost and missed many more fish than we caught and learned loads. We saw quite a few small fish and quite a lot rising, and there was a huge hatch of small black flies in the afternoon (sorry guys don't know the correct name yet). There was also a hatch of mayfly in the early evening.
There was also a huge amount of fry in some areas, not sure what they were but there were hundreds in small protected areas of the river.
Overall an amazing day on a stunning beat, culminating in the spectacular Hergest falls which alone would have been worth the walk!
Thanks WUF!

9 Trout

Only fished a couple of hours in the evening (half of the beat). Plenty of small trout with the occasional trout to 12 inch. Nice otter is living on this beat. Otter was surprised someone else was fishing the pool :-)

15 Trout

Most trout came to the nymph. Some nice trout up to 12 inch. Also this beat has seen some clearance work, thanks to WUF.

15 Trout

6 fish between 4 and 8 inches all on various nymphs. Fantastic conditions, warm and surprised not to see more fish rising. Only tempted one fish to the dry and lost that one.

6 Trout

Conditions were good, saw a few trout throughout the beat but were easily spooked. Mayfly hatch around lunch time got trout moving and that was when I was able to match the hatch and bring one to the net of around 10 inches.

1 Trout