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No fish seen lovely stretch of river easy wading

Fished the top section for a change parking at knill Bridge and walking back downstream a few hundred yards.
Water low and clear as expected but a warm afternoon so I was hoping to see a few more flies and some rising fish.
A few flies were hatching but nothing rising so fished nymphs.
I found I had to go quite heavy to find the fish but once I did caught 4 in the deeper pools.

4 Trout

Just one 10 inch WBT from the upper section. Gorgeous hot sunny day, maybe not the best for fishing!

1 Trout

Second trip to Knill and the fishing was fantastic. Used duo and had 13 trout between 6"-9". Morning fish fell to the nymph, with mixed takes in the afternoon. It's a pleasant day to fish Knill as always; clean river and crystal clear water.

13 Trout

Blessed to fish Knill. The river is really clean, has a good flow and the water is crystal clear. There are a lot of tiny fresh water shrimps, hiding under rocks.
Started upstream of Knill Farm, fishing a duo. 3 trout took size 16 hare’s ear jig. One was an impressive 15 inches.
Then moved to the lower section. The flow here were much stronger with good depths. Carried on with the duo but alternating between different bead sizes to suit the flow. Took one trout and a crayfish!!
It was a blessing to fish the river this clean. The water quality reminded me of mountain streams in the French Pyrenees.

4 Trout, 1 Other

River was remarkably clear.

1 Trout

A dull, windy, cool day with intermittent rain. About right for the first trip out of the year!! At least I didn't blank. 2 small brownies from the same spot. Both to a PTN . Fished the lower section from 10:00 till 17:00. A word to the wise, only the first field is fishable as the second one has sheep fence topped with barbed wire .Same on the opposite bank.

2 Trout

Managed a short (2 hr) morning session and only fished a short section from the bridge. Water clarity is superb and a nice flow in the miniature pools. Brought 6 to hand....all chunky and beautifully marked. One in the klink and rest on a goldhead nymph. Bumped many others off!

6 Trout

Two anglers. Whilst we arrived in bright sunshine, the dark clouds amassing over the hills should have given us a clue. Before we got a fly in the water the heavens opened and the black sky above us was flashing with lightening and deafening us with thunder. It only lasted about 45 minutes but the damage was done. The water levels started to rise and the colour changed to resemble weak oxtail soup. Were we deterred? Hell no! A few hours later we had managed to winkle out a small brown trout each, both falling to nymphs, but that was it.

2 Trout

Well, we practised hard and we watched Youtube videos till our eyes ached. Then the two of us pooled the benefits of our joint research and we returned to the Hindwell, determined better our last performance. My objective, to catch a fish. My mate, to loose fewer. And we succeeded! 5 to hand for me (lost three) and 7 to hand (loosing only two) for my good friend, mentor and tutor. All told, a very enjoyable day.

12 Trout