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3 on wet fly and 4 taken on a streamer

7 Trout

Perfect weather conditions but the river was a little low and clear. Fish all taken on dries and several missed and lost too. 1 small salmon parr from the faster water.

4 Trout, 1 Other

Mainly cloudy with a few squally showers. Levels lowish. Downstream section of river almost inaccessible due to undergrowth along riverbank. Fished hares ear nymphs in deeper section up near bridge. 1 small pretty brown trout caught and released. Another good fish hooked with a thump and immediately lost.

1 Trout

Very hot 29C. A few small fish to emergers before we admitted defeat and retired.

8 Trout

It turns out cloudless blue skies and burning sunshine are not ideal for catching trout... very tough conditions. Pricked a few in the shady margins and finally caught a half pounder. It was my first time at this beat. The access to the river for most of the lower half is frankly poor. If you can get to it, the river is a gem. I'll come back when conditions are better.

1 Trout

The day was too hot and sunny.

the weather was clear and sunny, and the river at a perfect height for this beat. Fish rose throughout the day, but mainly in the glides where they were easily spooked. A challenging day on a great beat.

2 Trout

A hot and sunny day on a very low river. Quite a lot of Mayfly about, but never saw one taken. Little sign of life until a few fish started rising very close in. Assumed they must be tiddlers as in very shallow water but surprised to catch 3 all about 10-12" on a deer hair emerger. I then noticed several fish rising some way upstream, again mostly in very shallow water at the tail of the pool. Rise was starting to peter out as I got there and I lined the first fish in my haste which didn't help matters. However, some more sporadic activity got underway in deeper water and I was pleased to catch a very lively cock fish of 18" and his smaller brother of 16". However, then missed several takes and caught no more before I had to leave. A really nice beat, but some access points getting hard to spot.

5 Trout