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lovely morning session for 2 pristine common carp of 13lb 4oz and 12lb 8oz. Looks like the lake has finally woken up with the better weather this weekend.

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Cracking beat, plenty of fly on the water, midges, olives, sedge, cranefly but sadly minimal rising fish. Managed to connect to three one of 1.5lb one of 1lb and the third a wee specimen of 7 inches rose two others lost the one and missed the take on the other.

3 Trout

Just one 8 inch brownie that took a Greenwell's Glory. Only rose one other but struck too late (or maybe too soon!). Saw a few fish so felt I should have had one or two more on this beautiful beat. Found the bedrock and gravel dangerously slippery, maybe should have taken felt soled boots rather than the so-called 'sticky rubber' ones.

1 Trout

Warm southerly wind and the Cuckoo in full song - what a difference a week makes! Fish taken on GRHE and GB GRHE and 3 on dries (olive Klink and Sedge pattern). Mostly 6-8oz but one just over 1 lb kept. Lovely day and the valley and black mountains looked superb on the way home.

8 Trout

Just trout. Fishing made very difficult as the owners of beat had heavy machinery working on the edge of the river throughout the day; fish not that keen on JCBs. Upside is that access to the river will be improved along the short section worked on.

1 Trout

Couple of small brownies on nymphs, both returned.

2 Trout

Nil return, a little fly life but no evidence of trout. Perfect weather for fishing in the afternoon. Maybe the water temperature too low?

Had a lovely day but unfortunately no fish caught. River very low and clear. Lots of fish rising in streamy water just below island when I arived at 10am. Streamy water made it difficult to see what they were feeding on so tried March Browns, Olives, Klinkmamers and Grannom patterns with no luck. In desperation stuck on a big Grey Wulff on a size 10 and had 3 splashy takes but missed every one! Fish stopped rising so I moved on. Shoal of about 15 fish in 2 to 3 pound bracket milling around in shallows by Penlamole pool. Stuck fly right on their heads but they were more interested in sun bathing than feeding. Explored rest of beat with no success or fish seen.

No Fish. Beautiful location. Hottest day of the the year so far. Bright sunshine. Plenty of nymphs around under stones, and a reasonable amount of fly life. A sparse hatch of up-winged flies. Didn't see a trout rise all day or disturb a fish all day whilst wading. Fished both dry fly (BWO) and some indicator nymphs (PTN) in the deep pools which were quite milky from silt. The banks are being heavily eroded by sheep and cattle drinking on long stretches of the river especially above the bridge.

Dry fly, bright sunshine.

2 Trout