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It was a beautiful day on an amazing stretch of river. The fishing was challenging due to the brightness but we found some trout. Most were caught on nymphs with a couple taking dries. A few large fish were spotted and spooked in very thin water. A fair amount of fly life - hawthorns, upwings and large sedge but not many rising fish.

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Great mixed hatches from late morning to late afternoon. Rising fish all pretty small, though.

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Overnight rain and cold breeze made fishing very difficult. Caught 2 on nymphs which included one fish of 2.5llb

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Two trout all under 1lb caught on nymphs

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Another bright day. Low water no fish

Beautiful place with kingfishers and ducklings galore. Fishing tough with little hatch. A couple eventually falling to ldo.

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Penpont looking lovely in the May sunshine....although squally showers from time time dropped the temperature significantly. We were on the river about 11.00 to find localised heavy hatches of March Browns - never seen so many before, fantastic ! Also large dark olives and occasional large stoneflies.

Fish looked up in hatches but still a challenge - PB lost all 3 hooked to long distance catch and release but JB brought all his to hand - 8", and 2 Penpont Porkers - 22 and 26". To be fair the 22" was a fat porker, the 26" probably weighed less as despite being full finned it was thin and had prominent teeth - probably an older fish struggling to get back to condition. All on dries.

Many thanks for a great day.

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