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Relatively clear water and an overcast day gave for an excellent time fishing. Concentrating mainly on the upper part of the beat, five nice trout up to 1 1/2 pounds.

5 Trout

Range of sizes up to 1.25lb. 4 or 5 were stocked trout.

17 Trout

Range of sizes up to 1.25lb. 4 or 5 were stocked trout.

17 Trout

1 wild brown trout, around 14 inches long, caught from the broken water at the bottom of the first field - on PTN flashback fished duo below a Adams Klinkhammer. A number of bites missed from the flats higher up the field. Lovely beat - planning to return soon for another try.

1 Trout

A mixed day weather-wise with occasional bright sunshine alternating with heavy showers, quite muggy ahead of a terrific rainstorm that evening. A reasonable number of uprights trickled off all day but surface feeding was subdued. I alternated between PTNs and diawl bachs suspended below various olives, pale wateries etc and tempted up perhaps a dozen rises. Two trout and two grayling stayed on the hook long enough to get them to hand, all between 6-9" and safely released. The real surprise came at the lower planks where a salmon snaffled my PTN and screamed off to the other side of the river. Wading across to untangle my line from the rocks he ran over meant my waders were flooded but, remarkably, the hook remained fixed and I got what looked to be a 6lb fish to the net. Not bad on a 3wt rod I thought. Safely released and swan off strongly.
Lovely beat, very much enjoyed the day.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout, 2 Grayling

This beat can provide challenging wading but the water levels were perfect allowing access to most areas. Weather conditions were also perfect but unfortunately the fish weren't cooperating. Total and utter blank, no activity seen.

Hard work, with only one of 8", caught on a hares ear.

1 Trout

James and I fished as one rod on this restructured beat - thanks to the office for helping with clarification before we set out.
On the river the day started off at 10 degrees but warmed up once the sun arrived about 2 pm. There was a trickle of mayflies all day, with olives and sedges too = but the fish only locked on in very localised rises. We had 4 between us - but what fish! 1 x 12", 2 x 14" and the best a 16" trophy. All fat, strong and beautifully marked. Felt like par for the course - all on parachute mayflies, a challenging yet excellent day.
Had a very pleasant chat with the farmer - but the stench from the mangled dead badger at the parking place was bad!

4 Trout

Warmer today, good quantities of insects seen, including mayflies. Caught two 7 inchers, one 8 inches and an 11 inch trout. Two on a dry sedge and two including the 11 incher on a mayfly. Unfortunately had to leave at 2 p.m. for the long drive back to Kent. Would have liked to stay longer on this interesting stream.

4 Trout

A difficult day today, we walked the beat last night and the place was alive with hatching insects and rising trout taking what they could before the swallows took their share. This morning was a different scene with very few insects, the swallows had lost interest and the trout had vanished back into the watery depths. My fishing buddy had one on a gold headed nymph early on and then struggled to get a take although he did rise a few fish to dries later in the afternoon.
First thing in the morning I found a good trout sipping at the surface leaving barely a dimple but showing its dorsal and flicking it's tail as it did so but it was over on the far bank with three different speeds of flow between it and me which pulled my dry fly out of shape every time I got near it. I gave it up as uncatchable and moved on. Several hours later I found myself confronted with the same fish in the same place feeding the same way, by now it was a stunning sunny afternoon and standing in the clear water mid river was a glorious place to be, I tried for the fish again, covering it several times, but then I got my fly to land and drift in the right place just long enough to get a take and I was soon netting a fabulous trout of 20 inches. This was the biggest of the day but I had others of 14 and 15 inches. A difficult but rewarding day on a beautiful stretch of river, will definitely be back for more. Thank you WUF.

8 Trout