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You have bad days and good days, this was both!

River quite low and clear but the sky overcast and dull so overall hopeful for a fish or two. Second cast and a good solid take ... then the knot at the hook gave way. Deep breath, re-tie and back in the water for a couple of casts then it was tangle after tangle and my casting gone to pot! Persevered for an hour but just could not pull things together so sat down for a bit of quiet contemplation. A family of three otters swam by.

Felt much calmer and off we go again. The next 1.5hrs produced five plump trout from about 12oz and the biggest around 1.25lb. The sixth one was a monster (maybe!) but it decided 'Not today!' and managed to slip the hook.
So what began as bad and frustrating, turned into a really good few hours on the river.

5 Trout

All fish safely returned.
Lots of Japanese knotweed observed, particularly in the upper half of the fishery.

5 Trout

Black gnats hatching throughout the day but few fish rising to them. Bullocks in the field are very lively!

1 Trout

Beat access is very difficult - much harder than the beat description implies. It should be clearer. Banks are steep and overgrown and there is a lot of deep mud that makes getting in and out very difficult. There is also a lot of deep water on this bank. The top part of the beat is entirely overgrown and inacccessible so the beat is effectively shorter than the map suggests. A herd of bullocks that home in on you at a gallop every time you appear on the bank only adds to the difficulty.

4 Trout

River was fairly low so made all areas accessible - 3 brownies caught on a dry fly, including one that was 3Ibs+ - little bit of breeze at times, generally overcast. A good day's fishing

3 Trout

7 Trout

8 up to 1lbs. Mainly on nymphs

8 Trout

A rather disappointing day. Lowish river and water still very cold. I usually see one or two fish here, particularly from the high banks but today, no sign of fish at all. Tried deep fishing beaded GRHEs and PTNs but nothing at all interested. Roll on some warmer days.

Last attempt of the season to flush out a salmon met with failure. So a poor end to a poor season and I will be praying to the river gods for better next year!

Tough day. Few trout in nymphs. Very hard to access the river

4 Trout