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Last minute booking it was 11am before on the water. Arrival coincided with the start of a hatch of olives and some March Browns. The fish responded and rose vigorously. Took 9 quality fish .75 to 2.25 lbs on hares ear cdc shuttlecock in an hour and a quarter before the hatch and rise faded. After lunch it was a matter of hunting the odd 'oncer' rising here and there. A quality day on a grand stretch of river.

14 Trout

A warm sunny day which became cloudier as the day went on. The river was relatively low and clear with masses of gnats above the water and small hatches of olives in the late morning and early afternoon. 14 trout caught mostly 6 inches and below. 9 trout caught nymping with goldbead nymphs, 1 on a tiny nymph fished under a Klinkhammer and 4 on a CDC caddis dry fly.

14 Trout

Fished late on, as I had made the trip, but the river was still quite thick although around 1' 6" so not massively high. Fantastic hatch of fly which eventually got the trout going.

Fantastic scenery. Only fished the upstream section, lots of pools and riffles to fish. Small fish caught on dry Greenwells Glory. Fished 4pm to 7pm.

2 Trout

10 oz trout on dry mayfly.

1 Trout

The river was much clearer here than the previous day at Penpont but was still fairly high, There were plenty of hatches due to the sunshine of Mayfly and a few smaller flies of black or cream colouring. All 4 fish were taken from the lower end of the beat on dry flies immitating the small cream hatches. A couple of fish were lost in the middle section of the beat where the hatches were less prolific and a PTN was fished through the head of some broken water and into the slack at the banks.

4 Trout

Wonderful beat but no fish!

After 3 days of heavy rain, the water was coloured and pushing through, so difficult conditions. Nothing rising. 2 trout, both caught on the nymph.

2 Trout

4 brown trout caught on a Mayfly. Trout rising sporadically. River in very fine fettle.

4 Trout

After a flood the previous day the river was down and clear and the day warm and bright. Good hatches of olives and a few small fish rising under trees, otherwise very quiet. I suspect evening might have been better but I was unable to stay late.

1 Trout