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Not a lot was moving on this fairly cold day, saw only one trout rise and hatches were limited and small. French nymphed all day with no luck, that said we are not experts and a more proficient angler may have caught. Still a beautiful place to enjoy some much needed solitude though.

Hard frost to begin the day. River very low and clear. Weather dry and mostly bright. No action all day. Large sections of the stretch had very little flow. Long walks between the slighter deeper areas. Saw one fish the entire day. Family of otters spotted at Grandstand. Beautiful scenery. In better conditions the fish may well reappear!

Lovely day. 1 grayling early in the session. Nothing for the rest of the day.

1 Grayling

1 Grayling

Beautiful stretch of river, though I only saw about the bottom quarter in my short visit of a few hours. Very peaceful with a unique church just by the river. The water was clear. Lots of flat glides, so I'll definitely return in summer, with a dry fly.
I fished a mixture of nymphs and squirmies, to no avail. I had had some bad news on the day, so wasn't fishing to the best of my abilities.

I'll be back, in a more focused frame of mind.

4 Grayling

Water up at 1 - 1.1m.

5 Trout, 1 Grayling

Unfortunately a lot of over night rain meant the river was rising with a lot of colour, reaching 1.3m !
Still plugged away on the float rod but only managed one Grayling.

1 Grayling

River was up but falling with a little colour. To high to Wade and get the fly rods out so trotted with maggot. Some nice Grayling landed to around the pound mark!
Will definitely be back when we have some more settled weather.

8 Grayling

First visit to a beautiful fishery. Some great looking runs, but struggled to find the grayling.

3 Trout, 1 Grayling