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Great beat few fish rising. 2 small trout caught on goldhead nymph.

2 Trout

No salmon activity in this area today. Beware of nesting swans on the bank near the bottom end of the beat as they did not offer a pleasant greeting...lol
A small sign to indicate a location of the pool access would have been nice as the banks are steep and over grown with nettle. Cheers

Enjoyed immensely.

2 Trout

This is a lovely and varied stretch of water and with abundant fly life - I was hoping for a frenetic day of dry fly fishing - alas not. There were sporadic rises between 11 and 5 when I packed up. In the end I resorted to fishing a 'klink and dink' and picked up 4 fish on the nymph; one to 14 inches.

4 Trout

Started fishing early and for 4 hours caught only small perch on the bay on worms, both float fished and on the bottom. Nothing on my fly rod even though some fish were seen rising, then again I am a novice at fly fishing and don't even know what flies to use! Later I moved to the slope by the dam wall and managed another 3 perch and 3 trout to the bubble float fished worm, too windy to fly fish. All fish returned to fight another day.

3 Trout, 10 Other

Low water, clear. Biggest trout 9 inches. My friend lost his battle with a salmon at the bottom of the beat on size 4 line while chasing little trout. He said there are no big fish in these waters. All fish on deep polish nymph. Other fish were twait shad, if I'm not wrong, sort of 2 lb sardines, very good fighters. Late surface activity started after 9pm when we just finished for the day. All returned. Next time. Thanks.

3 Trout, 2 Other

River was slightly coloured and low. Nonetheless, there was a steady late morning rise which targeted a mixture of lacewings and mayflys. The hatch died off at lunch time and did not return. 2 x 1lb+ brown trout were taken on small, gold head nymphs. Fished across the current and stripped back. 2 x 6-7" brown trout taken in a similar manner on similar technique, all fish returned in good condition. A mink was spotted halfway down the beat by the old croy. A great days sport!

4 Trout

Surprisingly few trout rising, given the conditions. Could see plenty in the clear water though...

6 Trout

We also caught perch. We used worm as bait floating between 3 and 5ft off the bottom, all 4 fish were caught on worm. We also tried float fishing and spinning but had no luck with these methods.
Whilst fishing there was a diseased trout with a skin condition struggling to stay alive, swimming on top of water near banking. I was able to catch this fish with the landing net and subsequently put it out of its misery.

4 Trout, 8 Other

We were looking for a day of dry fly fishing - from 12 - 3 o'clock there was plenty of fly life and the fish duly obliged - it took us a while to work out they were taking emerging flies and once we changed to fish a CDC emerger - 4 fish came in quick succession. And then it was over, the fly life disappeared and for 2 hours we looked longingly at the river with barely a rise before packing up and heading home.

4 Trout