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Arrived early to find clouds of mist rising off the water following the overnight frost. The water was clearing nicely after the recent flush of rain and prospects appeared reasonable. Fished hard covering most of the beat without success and no fish were showing. By the time the canoeists arrived in numbers it felt like I was flogging the water and so decided to call it a day. Interestingly I did see a large shoal of small silvery fish below the boat pool which I belive were smolts although I'm not 100% certain.

Weather conditions very poor, rain and gusting winds all day long. No fish seen or taken, no action whatsoever. Very poor all round.

Cold wind, sunny spells and light hatches of olives. Enough rising fish to keep attention very much on dry fly selection. 8 wild brown trout to 12" Size 16 -18 Adams or green klink worked best. Great stretch of water, thankyou.

3 small grayling.

Blanked. Only fished a few hours in the morning with no fish.

Very tough river condition. Low water, no hatch, 1 hooked fish lost. Otherwise this is a very beautifull stretch. Many thanks to trust.

A hard but enjoyable day with a sleet storm to start with. However, the weather improved and a good hatch of March Browns appeared between 2pm and 3pm. Very few fish rose however, but the day was saved when a 19" grayling was caught on a wet fly and returned.

2x brown trout (3/4lb and 1/2lb) taken on nymphs (yellow sallie size 14, bead head Kern emerger 14). 1x grayling (1.5lb) taken on copper bead head nymph size 18/20. 1 x grayling (roughly 1lb) hooked but not landed taken on copper bead head nymph size 18/20. A stunning day fishing during which we both caught fish. We saw kingfishers. A hatch started about 2pm after the sun broke through early cloud, that had been preceded by a rainy, cold morning. Nothing taken on dries, or spiders, or surface emergers. All fish taken on indicator rigs in rifles or fast water. Best fish big old grayling. Rather manky thing its dorsal fin split 3/4 way down and bottom side of tail fin worn down and 'rounded'. Absence of bigger trout.

Fished afternoon into the evening, only managed two small pike.

No salmon caught or even seen I'm afraid.