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A great venue for a days fishing and very helpful at the estate office setting us up for the day. One decent size WBT about 12", I saw a few Hawthorne fly and used a size 14 black parachute adams, caught to a rising fish under trees at the start of the beat (Solomon's seat). The beat has good access, lots of pools and riffles, easy wading, but I would recommend using a wading staff, very slippery rocks. Heavy rain during the day, not much coming off the river, a few small flies, saw a few fish rising.

1 Trout

1 Trout

Two fish of around 1lb caught and released. Fly patterns used were a butchers and a small black beetle.

2 Trout

Everything was perfect 3 good bites but no fish showing , flies every where but no rises , will definitely be there again .

No fish! Missed a strike on a trout. I'm a complete novice though so maybe there was plenty to be had!

rain cold no fish

Nice beat - mixed water with glides for spiders, flats for dry's and rapids for nymphs. The river was a decent height and running clear. The weather was good, generally sunny with some heavy showers later in the day. Warm with a gently south easterly.

Some olives coming off between 10am and 12am but very few rising fish. Found two close to each other - waded in up to my eyeballs, covered one who rose for the fly - missed him and he spooked the other one.. After that not much found. Did catch fish in the faster water using tight line nymphing techniques and jigging a lure about. Not my preferred way to fish but needs must! Perseverance and trying different methods paid off today.

8 Trout

11 Trout

8 Trout, 4 Grayling

5 Trout