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Hard work today, even though the water looked good. Few feeding on the surface, and nothing over 6oz. But nice to be there.

2 Trout

Very low river. No activity until late in the evening.

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Bit more overcast than previous day in the morning and a few fish rising but still struggled to get any interest. Tried everything again and managed to tempt 1 Trout approx 8 inches to an Olive Dun off the top in the early evening.

Wont be beaten we will be back to try again.

1 Trout

Bright hot sunny day. No fish showing until around 4pm where a few rises started to show but only a few. Tried heavy weighted nymphs i.e. tungston grubs along with many other types i.e. GRHE damsels, diawl Bach, hares ear etc etc all at different depths, we tried emergers we tried every dry fly pattern in our boxes but only enticed 1 x soft pull in the early evening.

However, the scenery was fantastic, the location makes it all worth while fish or no fish.

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Good weather conditions and water very clear, signs of a healthy river. A lot of fly about. Predominantly Mayfly and Olives but the trout were ignoring these and rising to tiny flies. Fish easily spooked. Ripples from waders put fish down. Had to scale down to 0.127mm tippet and size 22 flies and improve stealth. Had a few looks at Halfords Gnat and Adams but needed to go smaller. Changed tactics to size 16 caddis and had two small brownies around 10". Some large fish rising in awkward places but couldn't get them to take an imitation dry fly. Resisted using nymphs as there were so many fish rising. Bottom end of beat accessible, easy wading with deeper slower runs separated by water fall breaks. Studs in boot sole helped wading grip on slippery bottom. Access and wading gets a lot more difficult the further upstream you go. Long beat didn't fully cover in one day. Interesting challenge on a water with much variation. Will return again to see if I can crack the conundrum.

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