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No salmon caught, but one seen dead floating down the river around 6lb it was whole so unsure why dead? Changing weather so not easy to fish with a lot of wind, but a good day had.

2 Trout

Fished the day mostly on the fly in perfect water conditions but in an increasingly gusty and at times gale force wind. No salmon seen but a very enjoyable day on the river and our first on this beat. One 1lb trout caught and returned after engulfing a large Park Shrimp tube!

1 Trout

Fly fishing with a floating line upstream nymph
Water was clear until about 1pm then they coloured up and we packed in. Good hatches of March Browns before water coloured.

1 Trout

First time out this year, optimistic as always but unfortunately didn't find this beat to my liking. Will try further up river next time as season progresses.

Nil

Once the weather had calmed down and become less squally the fishing improved. Quickly caught 4 all a reasonable size.

4 Trout

A heavy hatch of March Browns from around 11.30 to 1.15pm with some LDOs although the LDO hatch never got into full swing. Trout were taking the March Browns as they emerged at the start but were very fussy about which artificials they would take. We took fish on large CDC duns and deer hair emerger style patterns, as well as getting one or two on spiders. Best fish about 15 inches. We caught 6 but missed and lost many. Absolutely fantastic to see the March Browns hatching in such numbers.

6 Trout

Very small hatch of LDOs and no March Browns seen today with onlly one or two rises. Very gusty and strong wind. Two fish lost, none landed.

I ended up taking 4 trout at Hergest Falls, 3 of them were approx 12 ounces but the 4th being a decent size of 2lbs. All fish were released and all were taken from the same pool.
The river was running high and fast but the visibility was decent enough to drift nymphs. There was how ever a lot of dead fall washed downstream that could present a problem in the future if these heavy rains clear up.

4 Trout

4 x trout, two at 12 inches, one at 15 inches and one at 16 inches, Bastard Adams. A warmer day than of late, up to 13 degrees, with a downstream breeze. I arrived around lunchtime and sat down picnicking on the bank, waiting for something to happen. It was a bit of a wait, but between 1 and 1.30 the large dark olives did hatch off and a few trout rose. I tried my best to make hay while the sun shines! It turned out to be a very short hatch today, and the march browns did not follow on as usual.

4 Trout