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Not much activity until later in the day when it warmed up a bit. Lost a couple, landed one taken on klinkhammer, about 2lb. Few mayflies about.

1 Trout

2 fish landed 15 and 13 inches caught on a klnkhammer and a deer hare emerger, lost 2 more and missed other takes. A enjoyable day on a nice beat.

2 Trout

Couple of hours fishing at either side of midday in bright sunshine, a much warmer day after several days of cool winds, at 20 degrees with lighter winds. Fished the upper half of the beat from the bridge starting at the caravan site. A couple of salmon visible sitting at the base of the Rock pool, and a few large trout spotted also. Not a great deal hatching and very little in the way of a rise, except for a couple of trout (always on the wrong side of the river!) feeding at the Rock pool on terrestrials under the trees. A few trout rose around midday opposite the caravan site and we had a handful of takes on the surface to mayfly imitations, but none connected.

A nice place to fish and it would be even better at a time when there are a few consistently rising fish to cast at - one to try another time. Our first time on this beat - many thanks to the riparian owner for his advice.

Once again a blank. Fished about half the length of the beat, upstream from the bridge. Saw a couple of fish rising, but unable to connect, and plenty of life including a kingfisher. Later in the evening plenty of fish rising downstream of the bridge. The landlord of the pub, who has access to that area for himself and guests, says it is usually more productive for trout than upstream.

Went down to the beat with confidence, beginning an evening fish just as the water levels were beginning to drop after the recent rain. May flies were hatching so I matched the colour with a dry yellow evening dun, size 14 and cast about the glides and got lucky. Plucked a nice one pounder out from under a tree and then got into a bigger one a few minutes later. I wasn't quite sure how to play a big river fish, as he was holding his ground and treading water, a rods length away from the net. My inexperience with larger fish shone through as I attempted to land him and he came off. One or two swear words later I recast and caught another (potentially the same) fish and brought him, with caution to my waiting net. He must have been 1.5lb, which for me, is a river record. Went home chuffed. Cracking beat.

2 Trout

Fished for an hour or so at 7.30am without success with nymph patterns. Tried again for a similar period in early afternoon without any offers to nymph or dry fly. The conditions , with a cold upstream wind, made fishing difficult. There was quite a lot of fly life pm but I only saw 1 fish rise and then only the once. Lovely beat but I chose the wrong day.

1 Trout

Had a nice day fishing but no fish caught,not many rising ,but still nice to be out for the first time this season .Tried drys ,nymphs and bugs but to no avail . Will definitely return.

Good day all round. Fished woodstream with gold head haresear size 12 landing 4 smots of about 6 oz each, one trout of around 10 oz and a beauty of 2lb2oz.
John had a trout of around half pound and a smolt

8 Trout

First take today around 2lb, for Lynn Thomas

1 Trout