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Beautiful beat. Hot sunny day, water low and clear. Quite a bit of surface activity throughout the day (including sedges and mayflies). All 5 trout, which included two 16 inchers, were tempted on dry flies - cdc (sizes 14 to 18). All returned.

5 Trout

1 x trout to the net, dry fly used

1 Trout

Fished nymphs p.m. after morning fog burned off. Water running through at fair pace, but river very quiet apart from splashes from falling acorns at lower end. Failed to locate any grayling and caught only leaves.

2 x brown trout to the net, both released.

2 Trout

Dry fly

1 Trout

River quite low, not best conditions with gusty wind and bright sunshine. Only managed to squeeze in an hour, but a lovely beat with a good variety across it. Only 1 WBT, on a Parachute Adams on the most upstream pool.

1 Trout

Lovely tranquil beat. River very low. Rises only seen at very bottom of the beat around lunchtime and at the very top in the pool below the fast water later in the afternoon. Trout on parachute adams, grayling on nymph (hare's ear). Missed a couple and lost a large fish on the nymph.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

River very low, with a strong swirling wind. Lot of small grayling in the channel at the bottom of the beat, hitting the fly before anything else could get to it. Moved up the beat and didn't see another fish until the fast run below the last deep pool, where there were a few rises. Managed 1 trout of 6 inches on a size 18 klinkhammer.

A lot of evidence of otters in the sand on the banks. Beautiful location, accompanied by Red Kites and the distant sound of machine gun fire from the hills.

1 Trout

River quite low however this stretch has one or two deep runs which proved productive, 1 x brown caught and released, just under the 1lb mark, dry fly in early morning. Excellent beat with lots of options, would be harder/more dangerous to wade in higher water in some parts so care needed.

1 Trout

Fished up the beat, very fishy looking runs but no sign of any fish.