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River very low - a lot of it unfishable as either too shallow or static. Very little activity. 1 trout approx 8oz on dry fly.

1 Trout

Fished the afternoon, fish rising on arrival at 3pm, took one 12" wbt on a mayfly and another on Adams parachute. Olives appeared around 5pm. Nice water, one to return too.

2 Trout

What a brilliant little river, possibly my favourite of the Wild Stream beats that I have fished. Not much rising, but caught 3 lovely trout on a para Adams, my first dry fly caught brownies, magical stuff. One trout about 5", the other two 8-10". Can't wait for my next opportunity to fish this river.

3 Trout

Overcast day, 4 small brownies 1/2 lb each and 1 roach (I think, it wasnt much bigger than the salmon fly)

4 Trout, 1 Other

River getting a bit below optimum (5" at Fownhope and the irrigation pumps running flat out) but holding some turbidity. Just fished the evening and no salmon seen but one offer late on to fly in the run into the Vanstone. Sadly it just took a foot of line and was gone.

No dry fly fishing in spite of masses of fly life. I am not very good at spotting takes with nymphs let alone trying to constantly mend line at the same time which is what was required on this technically demanding beat. In spite of that pleased with the one fish... an absolute beauty and enjoyed fishing a super beat. Would I do it all again ... of course. Great that the WUF make these beats available.

1 Trout

Had my first certain salmon sighting of the season this evening - unfortunately 1 minute before the only canoes of the evening passed right over it. I left it for a while and went over it with different flies, but it wasn't to be. A nice shad taken on a brief visit the previous evening. It has been an enjoyable spring getting to know some good fly water and I'm quite relaxed about not catching anything that I was going to have to put back anyway. A far cry from earlier years. Maybe one day the powers that be will again grant us the right to take at least one fish home. Then the adrenalin might start to flow again!

Evening. Little rising but one chubby 11 inch trout at 14oz persuaded to take a dry mayfly. Taken.

1 Trout

Quiet day on the river with few fish rising to the fly hatches. Fish around but only had 2 small ones on a gold head fishing with a Klinkhammer and perhaps 3 others missed.
Lovely beat with different types of water and stunning setting.

2 Trout

We started at around 11:00, and after a chat with the chap who looks after the beat (very informative and didn't catch his name!)headed right to the top and commenced from the bridge.
The river is fairly wide on this beat, and the lower water made access relatively easy, but there was still a good flow of water so some of the wading was tricky.
Light rain stopped pretty quickly, and with a warm overcast day, the conditions looked good (despite a periodic and brisk upstream wind).
We worked right through about two-thirds of the beat, and fishing small (16/18) dark nymphs across and down, managed 20+ fish between us - a terrific result for 2 enthusiastic amateurs! All were small wbt, the best to about 1.5 lbs, but what scrappers! All safely returned.
They came from a real mix of water, but mostly from the faster runs and glides at the heads and tails of slower pools and stretches.
A wonderful beat, but worth watching the river gauges as higher water would mean much more limited access

20 Trout