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1 salmon 20lb Beat 5 on Cascade Fly

Nothing to record I fear

Checked out the mountain stream, to find some extra fallen trees had added to the difficulties!! Only made it more like a wilderness. Anyway, plenty of water but clear, and some olives etc were around. A few rising fish. Returned 4 between 7" and 9", 2 on para adams and 2 on GRHE. Also missed a few, so the fish are interested. Definitely worth going from now on.

Not the best time or conditions... 11.00 - 14.00, bright with a cold breeze. Very few fish seen. One to the net, about 10". Small black Klinkhammer. Beautiful beat with a rich variety of birds to distract you.

Beautiful stretch of river - 4 trout the best being around 1.5 pounds caught in the waterfall pool. All on a PT nymph, very few fish rising.

7 WBT to the net between two rods. All returned. One fish was a cracker weighing in at 2-and-a-half pounds, with the rest at a very respectable average size giving good sport. Tan and olive klinkhammers as well as parachute Adams kept the fish interested throughout the day until the rise stopped around 6.30pm.

4 fish taken on Adams para and klink. Very rainy afternoon but great beat. Still haven't reached the end!

Conditions similar to Lyepole yesterday. Water high and carrying colour plus a stiff north-easterly to boot. Despite this, I fell in love with this beat, particularly the lower meadow section. Fishing was hard and no trout were caught but patient searching with deep nymphs produced 8 grayling mostly in the 8-12inch range plus one corker measuring 16ins. Beautifully maintained, the lower two-thirds of this beat would be perfect for anglers who may struggle in more difficult terrain.

Two brown trouts 32cm approx. caught at the top part of the beat. Both trouts were released.

Quite easy to find and decent parking just inside the gate of a local farm. Another chilly morning. But very heartened to see the Escley brimming with water after fishing it in wellies last summer. You have to work hard on this beat to get the best out of it. Getting in and out of the river, scrambling up banks, climbing debris, styles, etc. A graveyard for waders! However, if you persisit you will be rewarded with cracking pool after cracking pool and an extraordinary head of trout. And I mean beautiful little specimens, speckled red and flanked in gold. The majority tend to be 7"-9", plump and feisty.
Slow morning but kicked off for a couple of hours in the early afternoon. Mixed hatch of medium olives, LDO's and Yellow Mayfly.

Alternated between Para Adams and French Partridge (FP small hook size 14, after missing too many takes on a size 10 last year on this beat).

Brought 8 wbt to hand, all put a handsome bend in my 3wt rod (I want to be buried with that little Streamflex).

Still didn't get to the top of this beat, but am getting closer on each visit.

All that bank scrambling is rewarded in spades, bend after bend, pool after pool, pretty fish after pretty fish. Oh, it even rained most of the afternoon and I didn't feel a drop so absorbing was the fishing.