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Beautiful day for the first of the season. Not surprisingly river very high after the winters rain. Didn't see a fish let alone catch one. Air temp about 7 degrees. Spent a pleasant couple hours with red kites overhead. Must put a mention in for my b&b the Hundred House Inn at the top of the beat. 01982 570231 or mob 07951 600194. Lovely simple accommodation and great basic food. Several bars with log burners. All very friendly. Cost of b&b £30. I had deep fried mushrooms followed by lasagne and chips washed down with a bottle of wine. Cost of food and wine, £25.

I takable fish (returned), otherwise very small. Progress not as simple as suggested due to several trees across water. Quite a challenge for an octogenarian!

5 Trout

Two rods fishing from Box Bridge upstream. Conditions sunny, still and warm. Traditional fly rods used, plenty of fish seen, occasional rise although could not identify what they were taking as no obvious hatch. Fish up to eight inches seen but not interested in black gnats or mayfly type flies. One six inch trout caught on a green bobber and returned. We only fished the first 300 yards of the beat. There was a lot of fallen trees and debris caught on them.

1 Trout

Very hot spell of weather and the stream was on its bones. I am not a great fisherman but managed to rise three trout to dry flies, but had them spat out. Found the access challenging as had to climb a few barbed wire fences. All in all a lovely few hours in a beautiful setting with red kites overhead all day. I will be back!

Just a few hours, 2 wbt 6/8inches both on blonde Wulf. Tricky casting, lots of twists and turns in the lower section and getting quite a canopy. Pulled off before the upper stretch.

2 Trout

Fished from midday through afternoon. Trout rising to mayfly. All caught on small (12/14) Grey Wulff, with 3 fish each over 1lb.

6 Trout

A perfect fishing day with light winds and 18 centigrade.
Fished French leader with spiders and weighted nymphs in the faster water. I only managed to land 10 and lost count of the lightning fast takes and misses.
Various up wing flies and a few Sedges about but very few rises seen.

10 Trout

The water was low and algal scum on the bottom due to too much sediment and nutrient enrichment, but the stream was still nice in the top section and lots of fish rising. 12 trout were caught to 1lb. Another 6 inches of water would have been just what the doctor ordered!

12 Trout

A lovely, breezy, part sunny day. A few fish rising. Lots of black gnats during afternoon. Had a take on a pheasant tail early on then switched to a small black gnat. One further take then caught and returned a six inch brown trout.
Another wonderful wild stream! Quite tricky fishing and wading not easy. Almost fell in!

1 Trout

Once again, I over-booked and didn't managed to cover this water... next time???