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9 Trout

2 Trout

One fish @ 14", the other @ 6". Cold easterly wind, no hatch discernible. Both fish taken on weighted nymph.

2 Trout

1 Trout

Fishing very hard, most people I talked to there didn't have a bite all day. Needs stocking I think.

8 Trout

None of us caught anything. Only seen one chap up there that had one bite. Fingers crossed I have better luck next time.

First time on this beautiful beat. No fish moved or seen at all the whole day, except a 40 meter long, slow moving flat section about the middle of the beat, where grayling fed from the surface almost continuously in the afternoon. 5 caught on Adams 10-12 inch, but takes on spider as well. Several lost.
Regarding access to the water - had no problem at all. Only disappointment is the amount of rubbish.

5 Grayling

Fished from 11:30 to 2:30 in a rather cold easterly wind. 4 Trout caught on size 16 PTN in the faster runs. Water seemed quite low but still managed to slip and take an early bath which spoiled my afternoon on a very nice beat.
A few Olives hatched around 1pm when the sun broke through and saw a couple of rises but not enough to change tactics. Dippers busy under the bridge and a Goshawk sitting on young halfway up the beat.

4 Trout

I really struggled with this beat. Despite following the directions and locating the points it describes for access it was mainly way to deep to wade. I'm 6' and wearing chest waders I could not wade in all but a couple of places. Because the banks are so steep it is difficult to cast without getting into the water. It seems that the right bank is much better suited alas this is not part of the beat. The river was only 12" on the Fownhope gauge and wading at Goodrich Court 5 days earlier with no rain since was no problem at all. I managed to cast from some submerged cribs and [deep] gravel runs but could not cast into the most promising looking sections.
No fish seen or hooked.

Icy cold wind blowing up river made for a short fishing trip. No fish showing, one grayling caught and returned and a pull from another on two down stream wet flies fished across and down, A beautiful location but needs more sun than today had to offer.

1 Grayling