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Spinning and fly fishing for Salmon. 0.778 on redbrook guage. Water clear. Cloudy sky. Sometime strong wind blowing downstream. Only fish seen was a large shoal of chub. The entry point at the top of the beat is dangerous. Bank has been washed away and thick mud, ankle deep is a trap.

My first salmon on the fly. 13lb fresh run cock fish on a Cascade tube.

1 Salmon

A cold windy morning, nothing rising so size 16 gold bead hares ear nymphs were the order of the day. Seven wbt caught, 4 to 9 inch and in good condition. A few more were lost.

7 Trout

No fish caught or seen at the Chapel. River quite low. More rain please Dr. Smith
Regards Denis

Struggled upstream with headwind. No joy with dries , emergers , nymphs. Downstream worked better with spiders. Two trout caught of which one c 1lb or so . Enjoyed the day - beautiful scenery, birds singing.....

2 Trout

Cool overcast day, but flies were hatching throughout. Not many trout rising, so prospected with para dries or targeted risers where I could. Landed 6 and missed as many, 5 were 9/10" and one hard fighter of 13". Quiet but satisfying day.

6 Trout

Light rain lasted until 3pm but it then broke out into a beautiful evening. I saw salmon in the Mill Stream and Rectory Pool but sadly none fancied my fly. However, five dace and one chubb clearly liked a salmon double with a silver hook and a blue dressing. One dace was at least 2lbs and all of them put up a good scrap. (WUF note might have been shad?)

1 Chub, 4 Other

Small shrimp flies used but saw no fish

Half day. Despite excellent conditions and reasonable hatches, hardly a fish showing ;expectation dashed by disappointment.

This is an attractive, varied stretch with the bedrock cascades at Millbrook the highlight but on a bright day in a muted spring for angling it was going to be hard work. I was glad I came back in the still, warm evening when there was slightly more response and wished I had discovered the top stretch between the bridges rather earlier, but for the second year this was 'another quiet day on the river'. Getting through the thickets to access the bottom stretches will deter some anglers.

4 Trout