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1 Trout

Did not fish river conditions were far too dangerous the river very coloured and in full spate due to rain over past 2 days.

"wash off" - River far too dangerous to fish, River very coloured and in FULL !! spate

I was about to go home Tues night , but had a look at the river further up and it didn't seem too bad ( a bit high but not too coloured ) but somehow during the night, even though there wasn't any more rain it had gone really brown ! .I had a go for a couple of hours but to no avail. Did have a near death experience when an oak bough fell 20 feet and landed only 4 feet away from me ! It was 6 ft long and as thick as my leg. I was waist deep in water at the time and luckily it just gave me quite a soaking!

River very coloured due to previous heavy rain throughout the night.

No fish rising

7 Grayling caught on nymphs and dry fly, the biggest at 17 inches caught on a Klinkhammer. The Trout was 15 inches and caught on a nymph, 6 Grayling caught from lower section and and one Grayling and Trout from upper section. Very enjoyable days fishing on a beautiful beat.

1 Trout, 7 Grayling

Spent the morning fishing the gutter using french leader, without success. Didn't see a single fish.
After a brew and a bite, took the dry fly rod to the top section where I eventually found some rising fish. Managed to land 2. One was only about 6" but the other a nice fish about 14". Also missed a lot of splashy takes.

2 Grayling

2 Grayling

Doldowlod was not my fist choice today, but the beat that I wanted was already booked. A surprisingly cold morning which, coupled with a low clear river, and bright sun, made for a difficult day. Wasted a lot of time trying to catch rising fish in the bottom meadow; resorting to smaller and smaller flies in an effort to convert the splashy takes into fish to hand. I ended up using flies that were so small that, not only was I struggling to tie them to the leader, when I managed to tie the knot, I could not see the fly in the water if I cast more than 5 yards. As a consequence, the take from the first fish that I caught was felt rather than seen. Nothing from the Gutter, a couple of better Grayling from the top of the beat, and an angler scratching his head as to where all the fish had gone

1 Trout, 4 Grayling