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Really fancied my chances, river perfect and overcast and with all the rain we have had, thought there must be a chance. The wind became a pain by lunchtime and give up about 3.
Is it just me or are the Abernant Sheep really aggressive! Ewes with their lambs being very protective and kept chasing me, had to make a dash for the gate, I think I preferred the Huge Bulls which were there last year!

Gusty wind in the face put the fly rod back in the van by 10am; great shame as the water was just do-able at 0.92mtr at Ross gauge.
Spinning produced a very fat o.o.s. Pike of 15lb+ and then a huge run for a full 6 seconds and a big silver swirl 80 yds downstream. Three minutes later, and back to where it was hooked (top of beat), it just turned again and slipped the barbless hook on the Red and Gold FC. Upside, it was far from tired. Down-side, it would have been nice to catch a glimpse of the wee beastie. But it was a fish!
Next time.....

1 Trout, 1 Pike

Used worm on bubble, and tried worm on ledger, not even a bite all day :(

spinning

4 Trout

2 Trout

A bit cold and windy but needed to get out and about, tried Klink and dink and then just heavier nymphs in the deeper pocket water, alas, to no avail...Surprised with how low the water level was. Good to be out though.

Three trout caught in total, all released - 0.75lb, caught on a grey Parachute Emerger, to Anthony Lavers; and 0.75lb and 2lb, both on a CDC Emerger, to Ben Tyser.
The weather was much warmer than the previous day at Ashford House, and that perhaps explained the much more persistent hatch (March browns and Large Dark Olives again). It lasted from about 1 o'clock to 4 o'clock at least. We had trouble keeping our fish on - we lost a further three, and missed another two...!
A lovely beat - really enjoyed exploring it.

3 Trout

River high and fast. Fishing with fly. Salmon conspicuous by their absence but we had a great time on a lovely river. WILL come again.

Despite a cold SE wind there was a decent hatch of olives (and possibly some grannoms), on and off from 12.30 to 3.30. Using Klink+dink I caught one decent trout and lost another on the nymph early on, then had sporadic action with the dry fly until about 3pm, losing several (including a bigger fish which ran across a heavy run and broke me in a snag on the far side), most of which were lightly hooked. Should I have been using a deer-hair emerger (which they might have taken better), and taken off the 'dink' which may have impeded the dry fly takes?!

1 Trout

Beautiful beat. Few match Browns hatching but only one rise seen during the day and no other activity found sub-surface.