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Sadly the rain gods conspired against a last chance. Washed off.

Beat in good condition but water heavily colored and high. No fish showing. Fished Maddox through to the tail of the Vanstone. Still plenty of Canoeists for this time of year.

Water very high and coloured. No fish seen.

No fish caught, river too high "wash off".

Blank for salmon. A surprise from a chub of a good 5 pounds which saw fit to take a small Bann Shrimp. Resident fish were showing in Dog Hole and Upper Lines, as you might expect. An interesting chat to Mick Sutton, who gillies here and who has done some useful access work, which is much appreciated. At this water level, today was a very long shot. However, I had a wash-off from the first week of the season so I thought I would use it rather than lose it. And it's always interesting to fish through pools at low levels. Easy to ford the river on tail of Windmill on this occasion.

No fish caught on this day.

River low, but a couple of Salmon seen moving. Ended up for the day with 4 Chub, none of them greater than 2lbs!
A suggestion, on the upper half of the beat the banks are high and ropes to help pull yourself out with would be a very useful addition.

Good to be on the river even though its looking a bit sorry for itself. Saw a single resident in the Vanstone, nothing else.
Surprised to see so many canoes during the week, some behaved like idiots with little respect for others. Lots of rain would be a good idea right now, we are running out of time.

Some residents splashing in the Vanstone pool. Almost tempted one out of the Vanstone stream section, but not quite.

Nil fish. Top pools are heavily overgrown. Much of the beat could do with some maintenance work generally.