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Had a great day. Wading is slippery but had fun. Trout were 10oz each caught in fast water so great fight on 4wt rod. small hatches of green cadis through out the day. Caught on gold head hares ears.

2 Trout

A pleasant afternoon: Three small but hard fighting wild brownies - all to a weighted GRHE. Despite covering most of the beat, I took all the fish under the bridge.

3 Trout

Disappointing fishing, no salmon or trout, only three small fish.

1 Chub, 2 Other

Arrived at 6.45am & fished through The Rocks & The Chine with small salmon flies. No salmon seen or any takes except for a large trout which was no match for a 14 foot double hander!
Swapped to a little 3wt for trout later on & took a couple on a tiny gold head pheasant tail fished duo.
A very big salmon rolled in the slack water at the back of The Chine Pool about 11am but given the low clear water I wonder if it was stuck there & had been in a while. Still I tried covering it with all sorts as it clouded up later, but no interest at all.

3 Trout

Fished below bridge. I took a 14ft salmon rod and spinning rod and my companion hedged his bets with a salmon rod and 9ft trout rod. His was the better idea as I blanked but he had 4 trout, 1.5lb, 1lb and two 12oz. Fish took HE spider.

4 Trout

12 small trout returned caught using nymphs and wet fly.

12 Trout

River had clearly had some rain on the Saturday and was up and a bit coloured in the morning but fell about 3 inches and fined down during the day.
All my trout were caught in the Wood Stream from 11am to 12pm on a goldhead PTN and a Greenwell's Spider fished across & down. Nothing large, 6oz each, but great fun on a 3-weight.
A really good hatch of fly from 4pm on, both small sedges and a spinner of some type and there was a really interesting rise on the flats above the Wood Stream: the fish were big but intermittent and selective. I missed three on nymphs, which was REALLY irritating!. I also saw a few Mayflies during the day.
Lovely water, fun wading, and clearly plenty of trout there. Barry, the owner, was incredibly helpful, giving me some excellent advice on the phone a few days before: really helped me fish in the right places. And he told me of the wonderful film of Oliver Kite fishing the beat which is on YouTube: lovely footage.

4 Trout

Great days fishing, biggest fish was 2lb and caught NZ style with deep nymph in the slower pools. French nymphing accounted for a greater number in the streamier sections. Fishing slowed in the afternoon when the sun came out but managed a further 1.5lb brownie just before leaving. Can't recommend this beat enough, great variety of fishing and Barry the beat owner was very helpful.

9 Trout

No salmon seen or caught, but the trout fishing was fantastic. Even in the boiling hot weather, the trout were more than willing to take a dry fly. At One point in the afternoon we had 3 grass snakes in the water with us. Lovely beat, well worth a visit. And thanks to the owner for the offer of help, we did need it!

Saw plenty of fish, but caught nothing. Still had a nice day out.