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Love fishing here, caught 2 fish on worm,

2 Trout

Caught 3 trouts and took home.

3 Trout

Warm sunny day river clear. Altogether challenging conditions. Fished dry fly and nymphs all afternoon and evening. Very few fish showing on the surface and no evening rise. Despite this an enjoyable day in a lovely setting.

1 Trout

1 Trout

When the cork in your Kelly kettle is so dry that it rattles and your favourite river rod smells decidedly musty, it tells you that you haven't been fishing nearly enough recently. So I may just have been very rusty, but I really struggled today. It was very bright all day and those few fish I saw rise seemed to do so once and then disappear. It was mighty frustrating. I finally landed a beautiful trout of around a pound just before 5:00pm. It came to a small weighted nymph. I hoped this might signal a change and a better early evening to come, but it was not to be. Still, today was also a blatant bit of a Royal Wedding avoidance so perhaps the fishing gods judged me harshly. Not too harshly though: when you spend your time in a stunning place like this watching kites, dippers and herons and listening to cuckoos, the world seems pretty good.

1 Trout

1 small wbt in pocket water at top of beat - plenty of fly life but nothing rising

1 Trout

Sight fishing for large trout. Tough conditions with low water and bright sun. I hooked and lost a large trout on the dry third cast, it then swam right up to me to check out what had caused the disturbance to it's breakfast. A couple of other good fish were stalked and eventually spooked. A tricky beat but one that keeps me coming back.

A great days fishing using tradition wets then dries once the wind dropped talking two half lb brownies for the pan and releasing the rest to see another day. Lots of fishing to be seen with shoals of small arctic char patrolling the banks.

8 Trout

Another nice beat with varied fishing, Unfortunately the fish proved hard to tempt in the bright and hot conditions, a few olives hatching here and there but no notable hatches really and not much rising.
Two fish caught and released on nymphs

2 Trout

Very bright, abundant fly life, incl mayfly (and a hornet!), fish mostly down in deeper pools. A glorious spot.
Two fish caught (1x grayling, 1x trout) & returned. One mink seen

1 Trout, 1 Grayling