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River was rising and coloured up when I arrived, the weather was forecast for torrential rain and wind gusts of up to 35mph!! Thought I would chance it in case the forecast was as wrong it wasn’t! Should have stayed at home zero fish caught.

Catch return is for 3 anglers. Started at the top of the beat as we had had a good catch the day before. River level had dropped to 0.94 m at Erwood and the colour had dropped out from the day before. The pool just above the gate proved once again prolific for brown trout. The upper part of the beat was slower. After lunch I fished the lower part of the stretch and caught brown trout throughout the stretch. Again same tactics as the day before, fished spiders with black bodies with red foil rib. In the deeper water in the lower part of the beat I used a small beaded nymph, tan and black, but still had most fish to spiders. All in all, a very enjoyable weekend.

37 Trout, 4 Grayling

No salmon seen or encountered. Loads of trout activity but I only had the big rod with me.

2 Rainbows, about 1.75Lbs each on black and gold Toby

2 Trout

1 Rainbows, about 1.5Lbs on copper Toby

1 Trout

Across and down in riffled water, all on pheasant tail nymphs and all around 6-8inchs.

5 Trout

2 Trout

The elements were against us, again, in this delightful June! However the first 40 minutes produced 10 Trout for Richard on dark knight and pink beaded endorphin (Ludlow Fly Tyers) equally. River in good condition despite the incessant rain in preceding days, and wading was comparatively easy. Also had a 2lb shad, three salmon parr and a grayling. All fish succumbed to nymphs except one small trout on a JG Emerger, but the wind put pay to prospecting with the dry and not that many rises.

12 Trout, 1 Grayling, 4 Other

2 Trout

1 Trout, 1 Grayling