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Lovely water for fly fishing. Best fish 1lb. Lunchtime hatch resulted in one fish to dry fly

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

What a difference a day makes given the disappointing report from the previous day. Our first time on this beat. The weather probably helped us … a soft day with warmth when the sun appeared. There was a blizzard hatch of sedges 13.00 to 14.00 with a continual trickle thereafter … together with occasional March Browns olives and hawthorn flies more than enough to keep the occasional fish looking up. We had 11 in total …. 2 at 20 inches, 2 at 16 and the rest down to 8”. Probably twice as many long range catch and release as we brought to hand! I got in to the tail of a pool late afternoon with 4 fish rising … every one took my size 14 red parachute but then managed to throw the hook. As much in despair as anything I fished further down the run against the far bank to get walloped by the 20” fish coming out of nowhere. Great fishing! We had a visit from the friendly farmer in the evening too, always a pleasure to meet the owners. Many thanks.

11 Trout

First outing on the wild streams this season. Quiet, only fish seen rising hooked and lost.

Sporadic hatches of March Brown in the middle of the day but failed to rise any fish to the dry fly. Occasional fish moving at the surface. 2 fish on wet flies (March Brown spider and Black Hopper) and 2 on gold head PTN. All fish returned. Plenty of wildlife including grey wagtail, dipper, common sandpiper and brief view of an otter. Himalayan Balsam seedlings starting to appear and were removed.

4 Trout

Two good fish lost!
Sunny intervals, low and clear water. No sign of a hatch, so persevered with nymphs.

2 Trout

Fly Montana. Very poor conditions. High wind rain cold.

2 Trout

Not a thing all day. No rises. No bites.
Bit sad there is so much hardcore in bits of the river here.

Three good sized rainbows on spinner, one smaller fish returned (looked neither like a rainbow or brown trout, but surely can't be a hybrid... possibly young rainbow?) and a couple hooked but not landed.

3 Trout

16 Trout

2 Trout