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Nice day out on one of my favourite beats. Not bad fishing considering the low water conditions. Nothing massive and no trout but had 11 Grayling to hand, all on nymphs

11 Grayling

5 Grayling

5 nice grayling of 11-13 inches, on duo. Little rise or hatch. Saw one big sea trout(?) of c. 4lbs.

5 Grayling

5 Grayling

Thursday 18th August Doldowlod
Back on a favourite beat. The otters got there before us however with a family of 3 playing half way up the beat. Wonderful to watch – see video on Youtube.
Not much surface activity but a few fish around in the usual spots. 13 to hand between us including trout and grayling to 17 inches. River looking in good nick despite the long dry summer but heres hoping for rain soon.

5 Trout, 8 Grayling

Small black dries & PTN

4 Grayling

After blanking the day before we fished the gully in the lower stretch. Changed tactics and fished euro style nymph, managed a couple of fish. Again masses of fly life only saw a handful of fish rising throughout the day.

2 Grayling

Fished spiders and nymphs, started at the top of the beat, didn't realise that access to the lower stretch was so far. Fished the lower stretch in the afternoon, didn't see any rising fish although there were masses of flies coming off the water. Unfortunately no fish caught.

5 Grayling

The day started bright and hot but with plenty of fishy activity. About 3 pm the sky went black and it rained. A lot. Hid under trees during the heaviest rainfall and managed to catch another one or two when the rain was not coming down quite as much but by 7 pm it had gone quiet and everything was wet so retreated back to the car.

8 Trout, 7 Grayling