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A bright and warm day. River was fairly low, but moving quickly and still quite cool. Started at 0730 and found fish rising in most pools but not sure what they were feeding on - innumerable midges dancing above the water but couldn't see much in the surface film. No luck on various dries from size 12-20, black through to very pale yellow.
Tried nymphs from about 11 and had a handful of pulls in deeper pools. One 9" trout brought to hand and released. Finished around 1pm, lovely morning.

1 Trout

Caught on a beaded nymph in the early afternoon. Water very clear and quite high.

1 Trout

First time fishing this beat in the afternoon. Very beautiful & easy wading. Water was very clear but quite low. Had 2 bwt; one on Klinkhammer and the other one on black nymph.

2 Trout

A beautiful beat. A very hot day with not a lot of fly life other than the odd olive dun and a few mayflies so only a few splashy rises here and there. Four fighting fit 7-9 inch trout brought to hand and released and a similar number shook themselves free so a fun afternoon with a 6ft 3 weight brook road. Thank you

4 Trout

Fished overcast warm day for 2 hrs 3pm to 5pm. Beautiful spot. River quite low but some deeper pools. Challenging casting as lots of overhanging trees. Used 6"3 with#3 line. Quite a lott of fly life but only a few trout moving. Only tried dries but no luck maybe because I'm a newbie.Very much enjoyed Directions and service excellent.

Beautiful beat. Fished from 1.30 to 7pm. Plenty of insect life. The river is quite low after a prolonged dry period. Caught 4 trout from 6" to 10" on duo method, all on the nympth. Any attacks on the dry were all missed by yours truly! Hopefully next time...First time I have used the passport, an excellent service.

4 Trout

A delightful afternoon in most beautiful surroundings. River very low and clear. Fish rising in shaded pools early and mid afternoon. Caught and returned one 1/2 lb plus healthy trout on a size 14 dry Tup.

1 Trout

Fished 1630-1800. Cool and overcast with a stiff breeze, but very sheltered in the valley. There was a reasonable amount of fly life and a few rises below most of the riffles. There were absolutely loads of cased caddis clinging to the pebbles.
I started with a tiny elk hair caddis that got a few rises but only one stuck so switched to a grey and black emerger. 4 wbt between 9-13" resulted. All fought very well and were fat as butter, all returned.
An exceedingly lovely little beat that manages ample cover without making casting impossible.

4 Trout

A beautiful little river but the weather had turned quite wintery and there was very little evidence of fish activity.
A couple of rises but very short lived. After several days of dry weather the water level was low and I found the fishing difficult and without success.