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The river was rising quickly and had lots of leaves in the water so there fishing was difficult!

1 Trout

Arrived at 10 to find the valley shrouded in mist. River was showing just over 0.5 on the Cilmery gauge. Parked up at the lower parking spot. After a quick recce and a chat with the owner, I made my way down to the river. I'd brought my 11' nymphing outfit, but the whole of the beat is more suited to a shorter rod. Next time it'll be the 8'. Managed 5 grayling, largest was 14", smallest 3"and 1 o.o.s. trout of 12" from a 10yd stretch in the gutter at the botom of the beat.Then nothing until a deep hole above the house where another trout of 16". By now the mist had gone and the sun was high in the sky.

Fantastic setting, definitely will return.

2 Trout, 5 Grayling

Parked at the lower car park and fished the lower half of the beat only. Bank erosion means that the only way to progress upstream requires wading across the river. We were able to do this (Abernant gauge 0.47m) but higher levels might make this very challenging. One lovely grayling 15" and a smaller brown trout, both caught on dry fly in the middle of the day.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

Fished here a couple of years ago, but I see now that there is an extra section at the bottom end. Keen to check this out I made the long walk walk from the top end parking spot, access a little difficult but did fish the house pool. Good job I did because this was the only spot I could find any grayling! Caught 2 and lost a couple ( one was big ). Fished along the whole length picked up the odd trout here and there and constantly attacked by the vegetation all day long!
Grayling to 16" and trout to 14".

9 Trout, 2 Grayling

3 Trout, 2 Grayling

Fished dries - saw half a dozen rises. Lost one good grayling. Beautiful unspoilt venue.

1 Trout

River extremely low. No fish in it. Waste of time and money

Very pretty best buy a strong downstream wind,some activity at the lower section,but we are fairly incompetent so no fish caught.

A pleasant few hours on a lovely beat.
River very low and clear, with bright sun, and very little insects hatching
There were one or two occasional risers, but not enough inscets to actully get them up and on the feed.
So a nil return, but still a nice way to pass a few hours.

Lovely sunny Spring day. A bit blustery and water level low, too low for me to do any good. Probably needs some rain to be at its best, but it is a lovely beat and I will be back when the water level is a bit higher. Fished weighted nymphs.