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Sadly no salmon caught, just a couple of trout returned safe, one a decent size. Eyes bigger than their bellies. Saw a large salmon jump in the Edw pool, the largest I have ever seen jump. Better luck next season.
Two canoeists spoilt the tail of the pool I was fishing, by allowing their dogs to swim in the river. Must have been locals as they had 3 Labradors.

2 Trout

Sadly no salmon caught, just a couple of trout returned safe, one a decent size. Eyes bigger than their bellies. Saw a large salmon jump in the Edw pool, the largest I have ever seen jump. Better luck next season.
Two canoeists spoilt the tail of the pool I was fishing, by allowing thier dogs to swim in the river. Must have been locals as they had 3 Labradors.

2 Trout

Accompanied by some large black Bulls. 1 coloured 16lb hen from Lady Alexandra's after 3 failed pulls. Cascade type double fly. Fish taken from centre of the river in turbulence behind a large submerged rock.

1 Salmon

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A few grayling caught in the streamier sections, together with a few salmon parr, on spider patterns.

6 Grayling

Half of the fish caught were on dries even though not much rising. Odd fish caught here and there, no real hot areas. Good day nice weather easy wading. The big black bull stood near the gate and took no notice of me at all....luckily!

8 Trout, 12 Grayling

Good day, shared the beat with another senior angler....we were both disturbed by a couple of fishing youths who clearly had taken an opportune moment to try a spot of spinning without authority. My counterpart's challenge was enough to see them move on. Nonetheless, fishing was not unduly affected. 6 grayling and an out of season trout was my bag, all taken on red tag/zulu and returned safely. Water in excellent condition.

6 Grayling

Bead head and traditional spiders accounted for all fish. Plenty of surface activity too but had no dries with me to take advantage.

2 Trout, 7 Grayling

15 x grayling 6-16 inches, 2 x out of season trout, 6 and 10 inches. On dry flies, mainly Grayling Steel Blue, except for the OOS trout taken on nymphs. We had to work for our fish today. A bright, distinctly cold early morning, with nothing much hatching or rising until lunchtime. An otter was busy giving Stone Catch the works, so nothing doing there. After lunch, the grayling did start to show a bit as the day warmed up and pale watery duns were hatching, but rises were fussy and hard to hit and change flies often needed once you had missed a fish. It really got going about 5.30, but we were due to leave. Note to self: start later and finish later when possible - that last hour before dark can be the best of the day.

15 Grayling

Amazing weather and beautiful surroundings, a couple of small fish caught and quite a few missed. I lost my tweed flat cap, if anyone finds it please get in touch its been on many fishing trips and will be sorely missed.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling