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13 Trout, 2 Grayling

Overcast. Nothing rising. Fished wet, and wetter still when it began to tip down. Nary a nibble. Nil return.

Evening ticket. Fished the 2 pools up to the bridge. Water clarity and summer levels made this less daunting. Stuck to midges and emergers. I tried out a new 12' 6x tapered leader from "Get Slotted"- only a quid - it worked really well until I tried a sherry spinner pattern that tied it up in knots- needs a swivel or a heavier bit of mono I guess. There were a few rising fish & plenty of bug life. Had 1 take but that was it- too slow again!

Cold and windy. Nothing rising to the surface. Nil return.

Low, slow water, bright sunshine and warm.
Not entirely ideal, though the river must be a great place to fish on its day. Fish started to rise at dusk then stopped and by this point an invitation to a chilled beer at the Bell became overwhelming. A lovey afternoon and always the chance of a return match.

Fine afternoon. A trout broke surface every 20 minutes or so and I fished dry. Nil return. John 20:29.......

River beautiful. Fished dry. Nil return. Blessed are they who believe but have seen diddly squat.

Very enjoyable day fishing midday to dusk on this beat but little fly life coming off and only a few fish seen rising during the day, the hoped for evening rise didn't happen. Other folks were enjoying the warm weather and river too around the Bell and downstream. Conditions meant scratching my head and trying different tactics to draw fish out from the likely lies (no joy) and so resorting to prospecting the riffles, heads and tails of pools and glides. Grayling tempted by weighted pheasant tails at heads of deeper pools, trout taken on nymphs.

4 Trout, 2 Grayling

A little out of practice. This was my first trip for a couple of years. Very little observable insect life and only saw a couple of rises. Fished for most of the day on a variety of dry flies and nymphs with zero success until, early evening, fishing with a nymph in the rough outflow from a pool I briefly hooked a grayling which escaped before I could land it. I had a second take (maybe from the same fish) a little later.
Weather was dry and overcast with some sun.
Great to be on this lovely little stretch of river again.
Have a feeling a more experienced angler would have done better.

Fished dry but nothing came to the surface. I suspect that it was too darn hot for the average trout. The river looked in great condition though. I'll try again next week when it's cooler. Nil return.