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River low and clear. One small grayling and two even smaller trout.

1 x 10" grayling caught (and returned) on a size 16 klinkhammer. A westerly gusting wind made casting conditions tricky, and reduced the number of fish rising. But a terrific beat with some lovely water.

4 small trout caught and returned. Had hoped to fish an evening rise but not much moving. All fish took a Peter Ross.

Arrived at the bottom of the beat and guess what? An otter! That's three this year and it's 35yrs since I had seen one previously. Prospects didn't look good with a major predator on the beat and so it proved. Perfect water, no rises or sign of fish until the very top of the beat where I was rewarded for my efforts with a 9in brownie which appeared to be a well mended stockie. Nothing like as pretty as the wild fish. G/h pt nymph under a Klink NZ style. Double edged sword these otters!

When we was coming on the river the level was very high and the water was very dark! We didn't catch any fish of course and after one hour we coming back at the cottage! We are not very happy of course for our first fishing trip!

Watch out! Red telephone box in directions is overgrown and hard to spot.
Day washed out due to heavy rain and very fast, coloured water.
As Arny says " I'll be back "

Very tranquil location. Last time I was up here (last year) I saw an otter. None sighted this time, and nothing much to see anywhere save a steady confident solitary rise between and under protective overhang. A couple or more flies and nearly all patience were lost to foliage but persistence paid off when the rise went for and took a size 14 klinkhammer. A plump maybe 1.5lb trout gave tremendous sport for 10 minutes, was landed and duly returned (catch and release only here). Apart from missing one other take that was all the sport I had - but that one fish made it all worth while!

2 x trout. Gold head GRHE. Hot,bright sunny day.
A dead hen salmon lay on her side on the bottom of the river about 15m inside the first field below the footpath.
Below the rapids. There was no obvious damage/disease and her tail fin was in good condition. There was no bloating or predation so it seemed a recent death. No other signs of fish distress or death.

5 trouts (1x 50cm)- nymph. Catch & release.

2 brown trout about 1/2lb each, taken on gold head and blue dun. River very clear. Lost nice grayling about a pound.
Beautiful river and setting. Will be back during the hopefully warmer summer months.