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2 Trout

Another warm and bright day on the river. no action from any fish all day long. next to no rises and not a single nibble. Tried nymphs, wet, dry, klinks, buzzers. Just as we were packing up to go, the river woke up a little. The odd rise came at about 9pm but was too dark to do much about and struggled to change flies in the dark to give it a go.

Lovely open field with loads of sheep about. Surprised to see some people fishing the opposite bank from around 5pm onwards. The farmer also decided to move a load of sheep around his fields at mid day and drove his tractor across the middle section of the river multiple times, ruining the downstream fishing for a few hours.

A fun day out, nevertheless.

First time on this beat. The tail pool, which is the only real "pool" on this beat, doesn't really take a fly well (but for the tail of the tail, which was a nice cast). So spent most of my time in the run below tail to the bottom boundary. Some really nice fly water down there but can't imagine there are many lies but for a few deep holes. Some seriously nice trout moving (at least two upwards of 3 lb) but no salmon about. Would be interesting to fish the tail in high water I think

A beautiful day in a lovely spot, but a disappointing lack of any kind of hatch made it hard going. A 12in wild brown trout towards the end of the afternoon on the dink end of a klink & dink provided at least some reward.

1 Trout

Totally opposite day to the previous day. Really cold and raining and the river starting to rise from all the rain. No hatch to witness. I had a fish of about 1lb on a small streamer pattern but that was it. The difference in temperature seemed to put the fish off and kill the fishing. (so I left mid afternoon). Amazing bird life though with marsh harrier, Red kite, the first swallow and sand martins of the year and an Osprey!

1 Trout

When the clouds cleared the sun came out and it felt like the first day of summer, really warm (too warm for chest waders). I fished the top pool which is really the only pool worth fishing for trout on the beat. First there was a grannon hatch, then march browns and then large yellow stonefly. Had 3 the biggest was 2 lbs on Large dark olive dries and emergers.

3 Trout

Actually trout fishing. Fished nymphs and spiders from 12 until 4 without success. Thin spattering of LDOs at about 1pm, no MBs that I saw, and no rises.

1 Trout

Very hot and bright day - no rises or fish showing, even into the evening. Difficult fishing.