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Holds some good size trout which often take a salmon fly.

3 Trout

16 degrees or so and a little overcast but a pleasant enough day. Only a few fish rising mostly around 3pm when the temperature rose a little. Two small trout and two of 12" - 14" on a team of three wets fished fairly shallow. Left at 3.30pm so might have missed some better fishing later.

4 Trout

Arrived at the river very early to miss the Velathon Road Blocks, so started off with the Salmon Rod, fishing through the main Pools, no joy.
After some Breakfast got the Trout Rod out and had a really good day, taking trout to 15in, but mostly Juvenile Trout about 8in. Also the Grayling were feeding high in the water and one was 17in and very fat, and in perfect condition.
Took fish on Nymphs in the morning, and probably would have caught more if I continued, but it's a pleasure this time of year to fish on the dry and fish were coming up often enough for me to stick with it. As most of the fish were taken very close to the far bank, Duo fishing was ruled out.
Emerging Sedges working well also Light Olive Patterns. The Mayflies have finished up here, not one seen all day.

8 Trout, 4 Grayling

Hard day. Plenty of insect life but no fish rising. Caught two small WBT on dry Adams, missed a larger fish! Oh well! next time.

2 Trout

2 caught on nymphs, 1 caught on dry fly adams. We did see one large salmon.

3 Trout

Tough conditions, river very low and cold overnight. One big grayling around 2.5 lbs in a deep pool and 3 small trout in the pocket water at the top of the beat.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling

No fish seen.

Four seasons in one day weatherwise, early morning drizzle turning into heavy rain and strong winds which cleared up by 12pm and settled leaving clear skies.
Struggled for some time on the upper part of the beat but found some fish down below the island. The fish are still hard to come by and not moving far from cover, but managed to take 2 grayling, the best just over a pound on very small nymphs fished deep but not hard on the bottom. Took a half pound trout in a deep run directly below the island to finish.
Some evidence of a hatch or two. Very small midges and later some uprights started to come off, Baetis would be my guess
Enjoyable day to start the season.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

A beautiful day but the fish were not playing ball, no sign of a fish all day, tried pretty much everything to no avail. Fish 1 - Angler 0

Blank. Air temperature in the low single figures, no sun, surrounding hills scarred with ice. The river very clear and almost low now. A lonely sort of day with a red kite mewing overhead. A grayling or two would have been company, but they didn't show up. Very difficult.