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Very enjoyable. Mayfly out, but saw no fish 17:00 to 20:00.

Glorious weather at last, my first time on this beat. Started on a nymph and pulled out of a couple of trout in the first half hour, along by the caravan site. Plenty of fly life including Iron Blues and even a couple of Mayflies (the first I've seen this year). Finished the day having caught three wbt, largest 8 inches, all on a Greenwell's Glory. A very enjoyable day on a beat worth returning to.

5 Trout

Fished the beat for about three hours. Experienced the odd shower and it was windy throughout. The first fish came to my first cast at the far end of the caravan site. The second not long after - both to a small PTN. 5" and 8".
Changing to a small rust coloured Klinkhammer encouraged some real sport. Although nothing was showing on the surface the fly attracted several fish. Two unhooked themselves, a third of about 11" came to the net. A superbly coloured, fin perfect specimen.

3 Trout

River a bit of colour but OK. 1 trout 10 inches - returned. Czech nymph. Only fished 1 hour.

1 Trout

Ignore the lower stretch in front of the caravan/camping area. Water was a bit coloured and although there were swarms of gnats/midges on the water, there were very few Mayfly rising and even fewer rising trout. However managed to tempt 6 fish (5"-10") to the fly, 3 to Mayfly patterns and, in the last half hour fishing, 3 to a CDC and Elk pattern size 14. This is a nice beat but the one above it is more fun (even though I caught fewer fish there).

6 Trout