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Day started off not to well (forgot my kelly kettle) but lovely beat. Plenty of fly activity but nothing rising. Managed to catch six trout to 8ins on spiders and goldheads before falling in. Still great day and will be back.

At times a very wet and windy day. Spent about five hours on the river but driven off by the heavy rain at about 5 pm. Nothing caught and saw nothing rise all day. A beautiful beat, and I suppose, if it was too easy, it would'nt be worth doing.

Eventually able to fish this beat for the 1st time, having been washed off twice, good old english/welsh weather eh? The water was very cold hence very little activity, I had and lost 4 of the smallest brown trout i think i ever seen, my friend lost just the one. All were hooked (all be it not for long) on a gold headed nymph. This aside the surroundings are lovely and we had a lovely pint in the Bell, I would say the same about the steak which it really was nice but just barely enough to fill 1 of the tiny little trout that had kindly grabbed at my nymph earlier that day. I will return though, as it really is a lovely beat!!

Nil Return. One catch return was posted to the posting box on the day by the 2nd rod H Keep, but this nil return was not included as it asked for only one return. A few flying March Browns were seen.

A rainy days fishing but LDO's in small numbers with Grammon also showing, again small numbers all day. Fished with EH Nymph. 1 Grayling 3/4lb, changed to dry fly 1 grayling 1lb and one trout 3/4lb. Lost too many to count as the fish rose to take but just no hook set. Never mind a great days fishing along with the first cuckoo of the year for me. All fish returned safe.

Beautiful beat rained all day 1 hooked trout.

Warm and overcast with river slightly coloured but normal level. Expected a good day, turned out to be hard! Guided by Frank [Williams], we spent the morning french nymphing and picked up a couple of very good grayling and a small trout. Then nothing until late afternoon when there were some sporadic rises. Picked up 3 trout on a cdc & elk. Nice day, lovely piece of river but the water is still too cold for there to be a lot of action.

3 Trout (Small)
1 Grayling (Huge)

A strange day. 3 trout in the first half dozen casts on PTNs from the deep water above the weir ... and, not another touch until I picked up the Grayling just before lunch from one of the deeper runs towards the top of the beat. Nothing to follow. If I didn't know better, I would have said that, for the most part, I was fishing a stream devoid of fish. As I said, a strange day as Court of Noke has invaraibly produced plenty of fish for me in the past. Cold wind, clear river perhaps?

I said the Grayling was huge - it was. With no tape or scales, I could only guage it against the landing net rim. The fish was a good inch longer than the net - which is 19" long!

Reasonable conditions although a tricky wind at times. Sparse fly life and no rising fish. caught two Brown Trout of about 9ins and lost two others, one a much better fish, all on weighted nymphs in the faster, deeper runs.

Caught nothing. Saw one small trout rise all day despite apparently ideal conditions. A few fly but nothing to excite me or the trout. We did discover the Royal George at Lyonshall which was very pleasant and did a good lunch.