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River in lovely condition and several running fish seen . Unfortunately nothing caught

Fresh fish 18lb, tube fly on sink tip . Rectory pool. 4.30 pm

1 Salmon

Chrome bright fish, circa 12lb , Willie Gunn 1.5in copper tube very light dressing, size 8 double hook on super fast sink tip in Mill Stream, Rectory, photographed in net in water at 10.25 am. Safely released without damage.

1 Salmon

Sorry for late return, did phone it in on the day. 41” fresh Salmon estimated on the day at 22lb but an average from three different length scales would suggest more like 25lb, taken on SHFC from top of Gravel Catch near to Copper Beech. Tried fly initially but 40 to 45 yard cast needed to cover properly which on the day with a slight upstream breeze was not possible. Absolutely beautiful fish and my PB. Saw at least a dozen fish in The pool and tail with one beauty jumping over my fly line 15 yards away. River around 2 foot with descent clarity.

1 Salmon

No salmon , 1 enthusiastic trout with ambition above his station and stature.Fished fly on sink tip all day. One salmon spotted midstream and downstream of the first oak below the island early evening.

1 Trout

River at 1ft 6 in the morning--all looked good . Returned home in the evening very wet!!

1 Trout

Water at 1’10”. Fished for 4 hours in Rock, Bridge and Gravel Catch. Didn’t see anything.

A belting day, with sunshine and a gentle breeze throughout - a real pleasure to be on such a scenic beat in those conditions, with the river dropping to an ideal height. One rod was targeting salmon all day with the fly, the others switched between fly / spin to suit the different pools.
Saw several salmon moving above the bridge in the morning but none were contacted.
Two of us then switched to fishing a duo on 4/ 5wt. set-ups as the fish rising to the immense hatches proved too much to resist! We had grayling to 2lbs and trout to 12oz, mostly on the dry but a few to weighted nymphs. We lost count of the number of takes missed. Saw a cracking barbel beneath the bridge, head down, tail up, 8lbs +

We will return!

4 Trout, 9 Grayling