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Nice to be back on an old favourite today !!! I must say though she's in need of a top up ....Really low, and some very dubious bright coloured algae up where the chicken farm dust track leads down to the river ....With the concern, I've emailed WUF just for some water testing to take place .... On stone lifting, very few nymphs seen, and no caddis whatsoever!!!
Anyway, rant over, the fishing wasnt bad ....Dry fly action was reasonable .. A small hatch of Large dark olives and medium olives were on the go by one ... Some feisty smashes to my dry fly, with only two half decent fish, the other four were wee chaps of perhaps only five of six inches !!!
The pools have altered considerably since last season, with some totally gone !!! Always a shame that, go round the meander, expecting a cracking pool , only for it to have vanished!!! C'est la Vie.....
Otherwise, it was a fun four hours on this secretive stream. Let's hope we get a bit of decent rain soooooooooooooon !!! On another one tommoz, then some client days to look forward too ....

6 Trout

First time on this river,went to the lower end.seem very acceptable caught 2 both quite small but lightening takes,great fun.
Will be back soon another great wild stream

2 Trout

Couldn’t find access without ruining expensive waders so didn’t fish. More details on access required. Expensive day. 2 streams no fishing.

Challenging beat and my light 9’ rod far too big for the tight conditions. Didn’t sight any rising fish and had no takes.

A toughie this afternoon on a mega low river ....Crystal clear too !!! Bowled up at the lovely Cammarch about half eleven and fished till half three .....
This time last year plenty of water in her, and careful fly presentation, and wading, and winkling out a dozen was fun ....Hard going today, but, i managed five to the net on dries ....Olive uprights on parade by one, along with a smaller sedge variety and i saw a couple of Brook duns too ....
The water clarity is staggering here ...glad I was using the six foot, one weight !!! Perfect on these skittish waters....
Lovely savage hits to my dries, in the rough water at the very head of pools, tight in to the bank too !!!
Solid smashes to the dry ...lovely...But, with the water so low, I think the decent trout are hunkered away !!!! Three days rain would be lovely.
I got out were the dust track from the chicken unit leads right to the river !!!!!!!
A huge area of chicken manure partly covered up in the field .... is that normal practice ?? Anyway, tis only 15o yards from the river ....surely run off enters the system from there ????
Anyway that's an NRW job not mine !!! ..... A great few hours on a shrunken Cammarch !!!
I think I'll tackle the Lugg and Arrow later in the week ... Both hold their water well . Looked like Mr.Heron was having a lean time of things , with the river so low and clear . Back here sooooooooooon, after a bit of rain, !!!!

5 Trout

No fly life to speak of, no fish seen, rain badly needed

First time I fished on Cammarch. The river is live, plenty of nymphs under the stones and flies, and it was easy to raise fish on a dry fly, which is impressive. There is only one thing I was disappointed about, the river was blocked from wire fence, I was unable to access the river from the Trout Inn, started down the stream where after a few meters I was blocked from another wire fence and unable to continue. Should have a better access in main opinion, It is not easy at all to walk through the stretch.

3 Trout

Well , I bowled up at the lower beat of the Cammarch at mid day ish .... I did a split session here today, fishing six hundred yards of the lower , cutting out by the dust track that conveniently leads to the river from the chicken farm !!!!! I then fished the Upper, from The Trout Inn, fishing four hundred yards of that beat.... gin clear water today, and fussy finicky fish ..... prepared my dry flies perfectly ..... managed seven fish this afternoon, ranging from seven to twelve inches , and some serious leg work in too. Great fun, the Upper beat reminds me of my time in British Columbia .... awesome !!!!
As I mentioned gin clear water, I could see one cracking trout right out in two feet of water, i covered him, I thought he refused it, but a big head turn, and he lazily slurped in my dry like a big old common carp!!! .....and bang he was on ..... but sadly only for a few seconds!!! A superb wild stream fish too !!! And to rub salt into my already huge wound, it happened again !!! On and off , doooooh another really good fish too..... well, at least my presentation was bang on .... just tiny hook didn't set , you can't win them all .... lol
A really fun few hours on the Cammarch .... seemed like fish not as keen as the Edw brownies yet, but soon they ll be hammering dries in the bubble lanes....
Lovely to see the dipper bobbing around and doing its thing !!! Ohh,I actually only saw two rises the whole time I was there ...... and insect life, especially brook duns was pretty busy too !!! Right, homeward bound, a large cuppa and feet up me thinks !!! Lol !!

7 Trout

This is the first time I’ve fished a wild beat and it won’t be the last, Weather was cool with light showers and the fishing was tough, managed 5 to the net taken on small PTNs on the more open riffles on the top beat.

A little bit of confusion at the Trout in with the parking as I was told could not park there so parked up around the corner just down from the gate before the bridge. Other than that, a lovely day

5 Trout

All fish caught on a Parachute Adams. Tried a little nymphing and some other dry patterns but no joy - clearly the Adams is the one to go for.

River was low but easily fishable - fished the upper beat - about a third of it - plenty of fishy spots and decent fly life.

Couldn't see a way to get past the iron footbridge about a third up the beat - properties to both sides so was reluctant to trespass and it was too deep (for me) to wade. Having said that I had a really good day just on that first third of the beat. Also couldn't find a way down to the river that didn't involve climbing over barbed wire - maybe my fault but I did ask at the Trout Inn.

10 Trout