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3 Trout

Dry fly ( Midge emerger Sz 18 )

6 Trout

First time out here and opted for the middle parking spot for starters. Wasnt very clear to me where the lower was ,only spot seemed to be at a gated field entrance and could have given a problem as was in my VW van.
Parking at middle is just fine. Didnt have time to investigate upper parking.
River adjacent to parking seemed a fast chute of water beyond barbed wire and heavy brush so started at the end of the wood just upstream. Couple of good looking runs there . Nothing really doing on top , just the odd fly on the go and one or two fish showing erraticly. Opted for my late season favourite, a daddy long legs but they werent really on it,just a few splash and dash rises,fished through some lovely water too.
Found the path through the wood adjacent to the river ( theres a stile in to the wood at the bottom corner of the wood btw ) and wandered quite aways upstream. Some fab water along there but sadly v v difficult to get down too , v v steep and heavily wooded banks.
All in all it was a lovely walk there through the woods on an indian summers day!
Sat it out in the evening back down at the end of the wood hoping for some spinner/sedge but no luck, just a lovely sunset upstream.
If you a right hand caster (like me ) I would advise being on your game there with the backhand or spey casting!
Found my wading staff to be invaluable too.

Nice final visit of the season, although I couldn't find any big trout, or even medium trout. Caught four small ones as the evening went on, mostly on ptn.

4 Trout

With chocolate brown coloured fast flowing water after heavy rain the previous day, I was only able to safely fish about 50 metres of the lower section of this beat. Most of the beat has very challenging access, lots of overhanging trees, slippery rocks underfoot, wading out away from the bank is necessary but not safe if you can’t see your feet in 2ft of water. I almost gave up but was glad I didn’t as managed to catch 3 trout late in the afternoon by frequently changing the fly on the same 10metre section of water where I’d seen a couple of rises.

3 Trout

1 Trout

Flooded

River like liquid chocolate after rain in previous 12 hours. Waited until pm and tried a duo with sparkly nymph but no takes. Early bath

3 Trout

Haven’t been to this beat in a couple of seasons and arriving to a coloured river I thought I had totally mistimed it … caught over 25 lovely trout on spiders and dries. The extra water encouraged the fish to feed on & off for most of the day.

20 Trout