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4 Trout

Colder and more blustery conditions than earlier in the week. 5 grayling to 1lb 6oz, all on cdc emerger. I tried nymphing but the fish seemed to be only looking upwards with all the grayling came from slow, deeper water.

4 Trout, 5 Grayling

Nothing caught, river high and fast.

River levels normal, very clear. 6 grayling in total, 3 over 1lb 3 much smaller. All caught in slack glides bottom half of beat pink bug with orange tag gold bead 3.5mm and gold rib. Smaller fish caught on purple sparkle collar bug, black dubbed body silver rib and silver bead.

6 Grayling

River within normal levels, 80% clear following snow on ground, air temp -1. 1 grayling cought dead drifting size 14 nymph (pink SF body/reb wire rib/orange tag) with 3.2mm gold bead from bung, cought lower end of beat in slow glide not far from lower end carpark. 1 small trout par cought middle beat on size 12 nymph, peacock body, red tag, CDC collar 3.8mm bead jigging on bottom.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very nice day on the river. Long winter session 0815-1500 on the water. Caught a stunning osbt (estimated at comfortable over 45cm) early on then nothing else all day! Fished the whole beat from the bottom boundary to the water works without even a knock.
Very cold east wind. Gin clear water.

The river is mostly easily accessible throughout this beat with some excellent looking pools and runs. Going on the incredible amounts of otter prints along the sandy beaches there must be a good amount of fish here..

A very enjoyable day even without finding a winter grayling and a definite return is required for another try!

1 Trout

Two anglers nymphing. The river was at 0.65 on the Abernant gauge and gradually falling as the day went on.

One OOS trout, and by the end of the day, I lost count of how many Grayling parr I caught or managed to shake loose in almost every single pool fished. Annoying for the angler but it bodes well for the future as there has clearly been a successful spawning season!

1 Trout, 6 Grayling

Only one small OOS trout

1 Trout

3 grayling taken on nymphs

3 Grayling

8 between us today, with one especially good grayling of about 2lb. A slow start to the day but once the river dropped to around 0.6 the fishing picked up. Both anglers euro nymphed. All fish were returned with minimum delay, especially trout.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling