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River was perfect, but the wind was cold and got stronger as the day wore on, knocked it on the head around 3.00pm as it was almost impossible to cast.

Loads of wildlife and what appeared to be two small lampreys in the shallows.

We met the land owner who's field you walk through to access the river, apparently people are not making sure the gate is locked when entering/leaving. Yes, it is a bit difficult, but not impossible to close and get the bolt into the post. Please make sure you close and make sure the bolt is home!

River very clear, small amounts of sun. A few fly coming off but no rising fish. Two nice trout…3/4 lb and 1 1/4lb to a GRHE nymph and a dropper with a silver invicta. 5 other pulls in different parts of river. All in slower glides.

20 Trout

Wicked downstream wind made life very hard so v happy to finish with 2 fish

2 Trout

Strong downstream wind made fishing difficult. Caught fish to 1.5 lb on March brown dry , spiders and upstream nymph

7 Trout

Spring Pool fallen tree has now been cut back and access is open. Duck under the oak bough and access top half of the pool .
More cleareance will be done when water levels allow.

2x brown trout on PTN 12” and 15” both returned. Water was high

2 Trout

It was a cold and wet day no fish seen moving not a bite from 8am till 2 packed up and went

Nice spot for a few hours, blanked but wasn’t there long as short on time. Saw plenty of fish rising and good hatch despite wind and rain, few takes but none stuck.

Caught two off the top in the early afternoon - some scattered hatches of LDO, also some grannom. Should have caught a few more really - at least 10 takes and nearly all on dries,. A couple bumped off but I missed quite a few - maybe my fingers were too cold, it was really wintery weather with fierce northerly gusts at times! Had a nice chat with one of the farmers, and despite the cold snap lovely to see spring blooming on the river. Saw lots of birdlife - a dipper doing it's own nymphing wading ahead of me one run, two kingfishers dancing around, grey wagtails probing the bankside stones, a goosander and of course the pantomime villain - a cormorant! Suddenly saw the first swallows of the year hawking straight past me later in the afternoon and a sand martin too - that warmed the cockles again (and the heated car seat on the way home, the luxury of modern tech)!

2 Trout

Approx 0.75lb. Fat and healthy fish. Took a March Brown Jingler. Also lost 2 smaller fish on same pattern. No natural MBs in evidence but there were brief flurries of small olives. Only identified one of them in the high winds. Iron Blue.
Tough gig in the cold wind.

1 Trout