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The triumph of hope over experience is a remark attributed to Dr Johnson on the subject of second marriage, but it might just as well apply to my repeated visits to this beat. It is a really beautiful place on a river that fishes so well on its other beats, but many of my visits here have been blank. The only excuse I can offer this time is that the river was quite high and carrying a bit of colour. I saw very little fly life all day and no signs of rising fish. The breeze got up through the day and when the forecast rain arrived in the early evening I headed home. Ah well, there's always next time...

The river was up an inch or two and coloured but didn't look too bad. Managed to catch 3 brownies to 13 inches between the bottom of the beat and the bridge. Returned to the car for sandwich break and on returning to the river found both the heigh and colour had increased. Fished on a while but eventually beaten by the rain.

3 Trout

Lovely water. Nice weather but unfortunately blanked. Some sporadic hatches of fly during the day.

Fished with dry fly over lunchtime. Despite a few hatches, no fish showing.

Nice trickle of LDO for the few hours I was on the beat but no fish seen rising. All four trout (4-10 inches) from the top third of the beat on Gold head hares ear in deeper pools and pots. 6ft rod too short for the weight of fly needed to get down to these fish!

6 Trout

My first time on a Wild Stream so I didn't have high expectations. Nothing caught but a lovely late afternoons fishing for 3 hours. No fish seen but I did learn lots of lessons and river skills.

A few hours fishing to see out the trout season. Caught just one of 6 inches on a tan klinkhammer. Saw a couple of fish rising and spooked a couple. Was disappointed to see new power cables crossing the river over what had been a nice fish holding spot earlier in the season. A bit risky waving a carbon fibre rod around there now. Water the lowest I have seen here and crystal clear but an enjoyable session as always.

1 Trout

Very disappointing as no fish caught or seen. The conditions seemed to be perfect.

River very low but four sizeable trout and some very small fish, plus a couple of salmon parr. 2 on a Klinkhammer, the rest on a small nymph.

4 Trout

Only managed a couple of hours at this beat on my way home. Saw one or two fish move, but the river was very low and very quiet. No interest in anything I put their way, so this short visit ended blank.