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5 Shad and 1 Trout - 4 Salmon showing in beat 4 and 6.

1 Trout, 5 Other

River falling very slowly after heavy and persistent rain since 21st but still full and strong. Less coloured but not clear. 15 degs air was comfortable and a slow hatch of mayfly kept the swifts happy. Pressure 1004/5. No fish seen. One savage take from a good trout. Nil return for this very pleasing beat. We fished fly and span a 3 " black + gold minnow. Met by Terry Ward at start of day who advised, kindly, best approach. This 6 beat stretch will be excellent once water clears.

Used toby spinner for Salmon from about 11.30am to 5pm when it started to drizzle. Water high and muddy - we did not try wading. Nothing not even a nibble!!!

Fresh 15lb fish from beat 4 this morning. River clearing and a good height, overcast, perfect conditions. Plenty of shad about now and a few good salmon showing throughout the beats.

1 Salmon

Some big fish showing in the morning,
No joy though.

Very windy day, saw 4 big chub, but no other fish.

Nice 12lb spring salmon. No lice but still very bright.

1 Salmon, 2 Trout

Fly fishing. River high with some colour. No salmon caught or seen.

Fabulous conditions. Arrived Thursday afternoon and fished for a couple of hours on beats 3 and 5. Saw several fish but made no contact.Tried again on Friday with again fish showing throughout beat 5. John L, hooked up with a big fish tied on his own fly and lost it after a series of good runs. I think the fish we were seeing were travelling on and not interested but one did succumb to a toby on beat 6. A beautiful 17lb hen fish straight from the tide. Shame no other rods out to do justice to this estate. Will be back over the weekend before the canoes.

1 Salmon

A somewhat frustrating day's fishing. Fished beat 2 - wonderful setting, pristine river, easy access to river bank. Nice flow, good clarity of water. Air temp about 13 deg C. In short - perfect conditions. Sadly, absolutely no sign of ANY insect life at all. Consequently no fish rising/feeding. Resorted to fishing blind with a small gold head nymph in all the "fishy" looking spots (and there are many on this beat) but didn't even see a fish let alone catch one. Only aquatic life seen was some 1"long fry in the river margin. Fished for 3 hours before a large herd of cows decided to come and join me in the river for a drink, thus bringing an end to proceedings. Watch out for the two swans that patrol this beat - the male especially is VERY aggressive at this time of year (standing waist deep in a river being attacked by a swan is no fun I can assure you!!) I will be back, but later in the year when it warms up a bit and hopefully there is a hatch going on.