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Fish were rising for the first hour when I got there in the morning, difficult to tempt and missed the only rise to my dry fly, after that all went quiet on the surface. Fished nymphs in the faster water and landed five trout, one was about 2.5lb on a hares ear nymph, the others up to a pound. Also had two chub up to 1.5lb.

5 Trout, 2 Chub

Good weather conditions and water very clear, signs of a healthy river. A lot of fly about. Predominantly Mayfly and Olives but the trout were ignoring these and rising to tiny flies. Fish easily spooked. Ripples from waders put fish down. Had to scale down to 0.127mm tippet and size 22 flies and improve stealth. Had a few looks at Halfords Gnat and Adams but needed to go smaller. Changed tactics to size 16 caddis and had two small brownies around 10". Some large fish rising in awkward places but couldn't get them to take an imitation dry fly. Resisted using nymphs as there were so many fish rising. Bottom end of beat accessible, easy wading with deeper slower runs separated by water fall breaks. Studs in boot sole helped wading grip on slippery bottom. Access and wading gets a lot more difficult the further upstream you go. Long beat didn't fully cover in one day. Interesting challenge on a water with much variation. Will return again to see if I can crack the conundrum.

2 Trout

All fish carefully released alive . Two were on the pound mark and fought hard . A very enjoyable day on this lovely beat. Unfortunately , a cold downstream wind scuppered the evening rise .

3 Trout

Very overgrown now reducing casting throughout the beat.Nymph only ,no takes to the dry.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

Overcast day, quite chilly in exposed areas. Between the two of us landed 3 small trout, 2 on worm & 1 on fly.
Plus 6 pesky Perch.

3 Trout, 6 Other

nice strong fish, good scrap back strong

1 Salmon

Bait worm and current no bites no hits no luck no fish!

I found this stretch to be very overgrown and difficult to wade for a 75 year old. There were a few mayfly about and some fish were rising. Caught one small trout and lost a couple of others, all on a mayfly emerger pattern.

1 Trout

1 x brown trout 10''. Taken on a dry from the nice glide at the bottom of the beat. Plenty of trout activity in the evening just before dark.

2 very small trout. River a milky colour Not good

2 Trout