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Beautiful beat, three of us fishing ( brothers). Two of us caught 4 apiece and the other blanked. Oh dear ????

8 Trout

8 Grayling

When the cork in your Kelly kettle is so dry that it rattles and your favourite river rod smells decidedly musty, it tells you that you haven't been fishing nearly enough recently. So I may just have been very rusty, but I really struggled today. It was very bright all day and those few fish I saw rise seemed to do so once and then disappear. It was mighty frustrating. I finally landed a beautiful trout of around a pound just before 5:00pm. It came to a small weighted nymph. I hoped this might signal a change and a better early evening to come, but it was not to be. Still, today was also a blatant bit of a Royal Wedding avoidance so perhaps the fishing gods judged me harshly. Not too harshly though: when you spend your time in a stunning place like this watching kites, dippers and herons and listening to cuckoos, the world seems pretty good.

1 Trout

Very low water, managed two to deep nymph

2 Trout

Low water and bright sunshine made for a tough day. Tight Line nymphs worked their magic and I winkled out a few fish. The Biggest Trout was 13" but four of the Oos Grayling were large up to 19"

12 Trout, 8 Grayling

A glorious day. The fish didn’t co-operate but nature did. A terrific beat: good directions, pools well signposted; plenty of benches. All round a well kept beat that’s a pleasure to fish. Thank you WUF. Very slippery underfoot so a wading stick is a must. PJ. London.

1 Trout

Tough day - very hot and bright. A blank for me, and 3 fish managed by my companion - clearly the better angler. A terrific beat, beautifully kept - certainly one to come back to.
(unfortunately we couldn't locate the returns sheet on-site, so we couldn't complete as requested)

3 Trout

I returned to the river today and spent some time watching the water. Nothing was rising so I left without fishing. I’ll be back another time, this time the river beat me twice.

A sad day on the river. No fish today. Tried French nymphing, regular two fly float & nymph, and upstream dry fly on a mixture of sedges & klinks. Nothing rising, saw no fish all day. Heading back tomorrow & hoping for better luck.

Beautiful day on the river. Its a lovely spot with plenty of variation however today the water level was low and it was a fairly bright day. I didn't catch anything or see much fish movement however I suspect it was my lack of skill and experience that defeated me on the day.