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Enjoyable day, parking slightly tricky due tight village situation and the access road impassable (to me) being churned up by logging lorries. No salmon caught but instead two trout about the same size as the no. 3 Mepps that I was using, both returned. Only mild annoyance was two canoeists who looked pretty sheepish and cleared off as soon as they saw me I'm pleased to say.

Approx 15 trout to 10" between two rods mainly taken on heavy nymphs in the faster water. Good day, thank you.

The river was well up and slightly coloured which made for tricky wading. An intermittent, stiff downstream breeze added to the challenge (or should I say excuses?). With no sign of fish feeding we tried a variety of tactics employing dries, wets and nymphs. Ultimately we managed to winkle out six trout between us, all to weighted nymphs fished down and across. The best was a plump, feisty fish of about 1.25 lbs. A beautiful and interesting stretch of river.

One small trout, released. A few nibbles but very quiet. A few fish rising briefly late afternoon. Beautiful beat to fish and a lovely day despite lack of success.

A nil return. Between 9am and 2pm continual and heavy rain caused the river to rise dramatically, and so wading became dodgy. Continued to fish, but brown water bashing through meant I called it a day at 2pm. Better luck next time.

Lower, clearer water & sunshine made fishing trickier than the previous week. 2 small trout to emerger pattern in the evening. Rose larger fish twice but failed to connect.

Despite the sunshine and heat we caught 7 WBT to 1lb. Some on blood worm nymph and other to dry fly, x caddis and black midge amongst the successful patterns. All fish returned.

Heavy rain on the day limited time on the water but the late afternoon and evening were fine. 5 brown trout caught to 1lb. All returned. More fish took but missed. Size 16 deer hair emerger successful. Only managed to fish about 20% of the water which looks varied & good. Wading very tricky in coloured water - slipped and got wet trying to reach a 2lb+ fish coming clear out of the water to take insects.

No fish caught or seen. River had a tinge of colour when we arrived and we fished to lunch time without any success. Went back to the water after lunch and the river had risen 6" and was the colour of chocolate. We gave it to 3.30pm and went back to it to see if it had cleared any, but it was even darker and higher so we gave up.

Very small trout only - nothing that could be kept, on pheasant tail nymph.