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Arrive on a dazzling sunny day. River at 0.75m and nice tint perfect. Had a thumping take on 15 footer on Upper Rock and a feisty 1.5lb was safely returned. No sign of salmon or trout rising to a heavy hatch of upwings from 10 a.m.
Fished below the bridge p.m. and had a firm take just above the pub. As I bent the rod into the fish the line went slack . Reeled in and found the leader missing (I had not attached the braided loop correctly!) Feeling downcast and angry with myself, continued fishing down to below pub decking. Salvation arrived with a firm pull and a hard fight ensued with several upstream runs against the current.
An 18lb bright silver cock fish (no sea lice) swam off indignantly after posing for the camera. All takes to a
Reverend Mole fly. Magical day suntan included.

1 Salmon, 1 Trout

Really helpful information from the beat owner made finding the beat, access and fishing easy. I wish all WUF beats had owners like Barry.
A salmon took my fly as I was stripping in to recast on Woodstream, it jumped and came off.

Lost 3 beautiful sizeable WBT from hook. All on nymph. Nice beat.

River at 0.62m. Hammered down with rain all day. Quite a few uprights hatching including Mayfly, Yellow May Dun, Light Olive and Blue Dun. Trout were taking the latter and a 2lb+ brownie obliged by taking a dry Blue Quill and fought like a demon. Highlight of the day, however, was when an otter popped its head up and gazed at both of us on Rock pool. Left with river rising and colouring.

1 Trout

The river was perfect! 8 on the gauge, a little colour. Overcast, pressure rising. I arrived at about one and fished until 6. It's beautiful to be out on the river. A few olives hatching here and there. All the signs that we are well into spring. Orange tip butterflies, bluebells and wild garlic. Sadly no fish for me. Perhaps just too busy enjoying nature!

This is a lovely beat and has some really good looking sections. Fishing was tough however, with the river low and clear. Little hatching throughout the day and only a handful of fish were rising sporadically. Managed 5 trout (biggest about 14") and one suicidal salmon smolt that took a DHE just as it started to drag at the end of a drift.

5 Trout

Lovely sunny day - but no fish.

Lots of water, so wading out of the question downstream. However, upstream, had great fun 3 rods caught 6 between us. Also some trout parr under the bridge. Lovely stretch of river.

6 Trout

One small brown trout caught and released. No salmon seen. Water was gin clear and very low.

1 Trout

First visit to an interesting and contrasting beat below and above Chainbridge, plus tempting Inn on the river. Wind direction ensured I had more tangles than usual and seemed to limited surface activity despite warm bright day and sporadic hatches. My Lunns Particular persuaded several wbt to surface but I missed the bigger ones and had to settle for lesser specimens promptly returned. Didn't manage to cover the whole beat so I shall look forward to returning to the convenient parking space beside the bridge to complete the task.

4 Trout