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Great days fishing and an awesome piece of river in matching surroundings. Unfortunately, as there had been consistent rainfall for at least the day before, the river had a strong flow which would have required a better fisherman to attune to; but the fishing itself was enjoyable nonetheless. I fished both the dry and the nymph but no signs of life despite the ever-growing fly life; I can imagine after around 2 weeks of consistent warmer weather and less rain, considering the perfect pockets of river, fishing this river will be extremely enjoyable with potential to catch decent wild brown trout.
I fished with an 8'6 rod but would recommend smaller as the river is mostly under canopy ; but it is certainly not impossible to fish with a 9' as tighter sections can be avoided and there's plenty of river for at least an afternoon's fishing.
I would also recommend taking a smaller car if possible, driving to the beat is quite tight down country lanes and the parking itself for the beat is essentially a passing place, but there were VW vans able to get down the lanes and I saw nobody at all at the parking.

2 Trout

1 Trout

Fabulous beat, very long and lots of fishing and good runs and pools in a amazing location. Flows dropping, but still quite a striong flow, sunny conditions and warming up. Tout caught on malyfly nymphs or dry fly with a few fish rishing. Several trout landed to around 1lb and two excellent tout to 2.5lb or so, taken on dry fly. Certainly this will be a beat to visit again!!!

7 Trout

Water a bit too high and the current quite strong, so difficult to wade.

Fish rising but no fish caught.

4 Trout

1 on a floated worm

1 Trout

The morning spent nymphing in various spots with no joy. Warmed up at lunchtime and plenty of fly life but no rises.
Changed to a speculative dry and landed a gorgeous feisty 17” grayling. What a start to the season on the most serene and varied of beats.

1 Grayling

Two nice newly stocked rainbow trout around a lb each. Caught on east bank using float with lob worm. 6 year old sons first trout. Think he’s hooked. Great day.

2 Trout