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4 trout between 8 and 10 inches and one 4 inch grayling, all on either a size 16 tungsten nymph or a size 12 elk caddis, fished NZ style. Warm sunny day with sporadic hatch of small olives especially around midday. A few fish rising throughout the day. Stayed at the Riverside Inn - a very pleasant experience.

Started off misty, bright day; water crystal clear. From bridge to upper weir 3 WBT 6", 10" 14" and 2 OS Grayling 8" & 12"; Klinkhammer and Rambo GH - Spotted 2 WBT 2Lb + mark.

Very attractive beat. Unfortunately water levels quite low and clear. One pike caught, no salmon.

Glorious relaxing day - with usefully cold water (still) but weather, locals, anglers and moving salmon all showing a sunny disposition. None to the (tube) fly, however, but an utterly invaluable time thanks to Don's generous and sympathetic advice. Also, with my being temporarily disabled, this was such an easy, accessible beat, with a continuous run of beautiful streamy fly water. Thanks Seth for the introduction.

5 Rainbow on ledgered worm.

Got there just before noon, to some rising fish near the road bridge. Hooked one 10" WBT on klinkhammer, missed another. Missed what seemed a decent fish on a weighted nymph in same location. Moving further up the beat, no real sign of fish activity. Perhaps too early in season? Lovely stretch of water, although perhaps mostly bit too deep and fast running for serious trout action?

Beautiful day, bright sunshine all day. Unfortunately no Salmon caught but a great day out anyway.

Lots of fish seen, some obviously kelts but not all. Missed 2 good chances, 1 a classic head and shoulders rise of a nice fish. Don was very helpful.

Perfect day, sunny amd warm. A few fish rising above bridge and a small hatch of iron blues and the odd olive. But no takes. Walked lower section as far as the bridge. Nothing rising at all. Rocks are getting slippery with lack of water. A pleasant but fishless day by the river amid beautiful scenery.

Showed up at first light and fished hard throughout the day rotating between the bottom and wooded sections of Courtfield. River was low and clear with fishing rolling in every pool. Saw one that had the look of a fresh fish about 15lb or so. Fished the spinning rod all day with a FC, cut the "pop can" metal hooks off that usually come with these spinners and put on a proper single hook. In the end had 9 kelts between 8 and 15 pound or so. Didn't hook into a fresh fish today but those kelts kept me busy. Beautiful day and with those single hooks makes releasing fish easy. Need some rain to wash the healthy run of kelts out though and push some new ones up the river. As usual Don's the best with advice and locations.