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A cool and breezy day with little surface activity. We fished mainly 'upside down' nymphs sometimes in a 'klink and dink' set up. Most fish were caught in the streamy water but the larger fish came from the deep pools. The largest fish caught was a Grayling at a little over the pound. All fish were in fine fettle. A beautiful beat that we thoroughly enjoyed fishing.

16 Trout, 1 Grayling

Very bright conditons and river running at a good level. All taken on nymphs, nothing seen on the surface.

4 Trout, 3 Grayling

Water looked great but nothing caught.

All fish were caught on nymphs and unfortunately small. River was a little above perfect and carrying some colour.

8 Trout

Rivers too swollen to fish. Will try again next year!

Two Anglers fishing , nothing caught, no fly or insect life , no rising fish.

Other=1xsalmon parr Best trout 15 inches/2lbs

5 Trout, 1 Grayling, 1 Other

Two anglers no fish seen or caught

This return covers both single rod bookings.
One of our favourite venues – and we were on a mission, more of which later. Today was a soft day with a fairly stiff breeze and plenty of airborne insects, but not too many seen hatching. Rising fish mostly oncers with a few more persistent and compliant specimens – 10 came to hand, best one 14 inches.
This stretch of river is always excellent for wildlife and we had woodpeckers, herons and kites – but best of all were the kingfishers, not fazed by our presence at all and put on an excellent display of courting behaviour and flight.
Back to the mission. We are aware of a very significant fish on this beat – not the very early silver tourist that was seen in residence yesterday but an absolutely clonking brownie ensconced in a challenging lair. We had deduced that our best chance would be in the Mayfly season and were hopeful yesterday, but the behemoth was nowhere to be seen and there were very few mayfly any way. So we fished on until the evening when in the next pool up from the lair James hooked a 6 inch tiddler which bounced around a bit as they are wont…until his weight 4 rod suddenly bent double and retrieval became a significant challenge. Turned out the behemoth has left his lair for this pool and had decided that a 6 inch trout would be a very acceptable supper. He was on for about 15 seconds before he let go and continued to follow the tiddler until he was lifted to safety. Estimated weight – conservatively a 4lb fish. What a clonker! Next time perhaps….

10 Trout

stunning stretch of river. river low and clear, not much fly life, the fishs where spooky. the 4 of us managed a few small wbt and graylings on dry and nymphs.

4 Trout, 4 Grayling