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River slightly coloured but good hatch of olives when arrived at 1pm and caught several fish straight off including nicely marked specimen of 1lb+. Mayflies on water but fish not really interested and nothing of note during the afternoon. Weather warm & sunny with a breeze which dropped early evening and by 7pm classic Mayfly rise as I stood in the river surrounded by duns and spinners. The bigger fish just gently sipped my fly...there it was gone! Left at 10pm with fish still rising. Lost count of total catch but over 20......several good fish with best 1.5lbs. One of those magic evenings!

River still carying a bit of colour, but very fishable. Slow afternoon under a hot sun. Plenty of mayflies about, but fish not on to them yet. Two of us managed about a dozen trout from 8"-13" to mostly nymphs. A bit of an evening rise at 8pm, in which I managed two on a dry mayfly. Clouds of red spinners about at 9pm, but we needed to get home, so probably missed a rise at dusk.
There has been a wonderful job of clearing the balsam on this beat. Well done.

7 brown trout all on Klinkhammers

Between us, caught 2 WBT to around 9-10". Beautiful beat with plenty of potential, cold water temp still a problem, insect life not plentiful yet.

With the river showing 12" on the gauge, both wading and the determination of any of the bed's features were difficult. The total absence of any rising fish or hatches of any upwing flies, also contributed to there being few clues available to determine the best approach.
We resorted to dropping beaded GRHE nymphs into the most likely looking spots, resulting in 4 small trout and 2 small grayling being caught.
All in all, a very enjoyable day and we hope that the next time we fish this beat, the water will be clearer and 6" to 12" lower.

A pretty challenging days fishing with lots of fast running, very coloured water. It rained most of the day and no fly or fish life was evident. Wading was only limited and tretcherous at times making it difficult to reach many areas of the river. I did hook one medium sized grayling, but it was unwilling to be netted!

Still a beautiful stretch of river, and I look forward to returning when conditions are back to normal.

Water very coloured. No fish seen or caught.

6 Brown Trout, all c.1llb. Two taken. 3 caught on dry CDC F fly. 3 on Snipe and Purple and Partridge and Orange spiders. A great day on a productive beat, followed by an excellent pint in The Bell.

No fish caught. A very cold April day with no flies hatching and no fish seen.

Freezing cold morning with snow meant we could only get out in the afternoon. Good water level and easy wading. We didn't see any rises or any fish on the river at all. Reported strong smell of sewage and gas rising from the river adjacent to The Bell.

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