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Decent day with tough conditions, river running low and clear along with a downstream breeze. 4 Fish in the early morning, biggest around 1.5lbs. Fished the riffle water near the middle of the beat and connected with 3 big trout, unfortunately failed to convert them to the net. Seems to be fishing well but needs a stealthy approach!

4 Trout

2 Trout

Fished in the afternoon after heavy rain. Took me a while to crack the code - a small, slim, dark-bodied nymph with a pink bead eventually got them interested. Caught three trout and lost the biggest one (as always).

3 Trout

2 Trout

What a difference a day makes given the disappointing report from the previous day. Our first time on this beat. The weather probably helped us … a soft day with warmth when the sun appeared. There was a blizzard hatch of sedges 13.00 to 14.00 with a continual trickle thereafter … together with occasional March Browns olives and hawthorn flies more than enough to keep the occasional fish looking up. We had 11 in total …. 2 at 20 inches, 2 at 16 and the rest down to 8”. Probably twice as many long range catch and release as we brought to hand! I got in to the tail of a pool late afternoon with 4 fish rising … every one took my size 14 red parachute but then managed to throw the hook. As much in despair as anything I fished further down the run against the far bank to get walloped by the 20” fish coming out of nowhere. Great fishing! We had a visit from the friendly farmer in the evening too, always a pleasure to meet the owners. Many thanks.

11 Trout

Not a thing all day. No rises. No bites.
Bit sad there is so much hardcore in bits of the river here.

Sadly we had a very quiet day. The weather was cold & dry and the river was very low.

1 Trout

4 Trout

difficult downstream wind for dry fly.

1 Trout

Downstream wind made upstream fly difficult. Kinked and dinked hares ear got the one fish in the rapids.

1 Trout