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There was very little breeze today and further down the west bank towards the visitor area and the dam I found very little access. I had decided to pack up before two o'clock. Metcheck had been right about the very low wind speeds. Ah well.

Arrived at the river early (8am - early for me, anyway) to find the river up 3 inches overnight and very quiet. Apart from a nice 1.5lb fish caught in about 8 inches of water on a cdc olive emerger, that was about it until late morning when it got noticeably warmer. That seemed to trigger reasonable hatches of brook duns, olive uprights, BWOs, yellow mays and even a few true mayflies. The trout responded and a further 11 fish came to the cdc pattern with the inevitable similar number lost, the best being 18" (2.5lb). Strangely, the river went quite murky at around 3.30pm while it was dropping, which put the fish down even when some flies were still coming off.

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A lovely day fishing the dry fly. I must try and contain my excitement whenever a trout rises to my fly. A lot more fish would have come to the net. Various olives hatching on and off most of the afternoon. Despite best efforts only landed 2. Thankyou to the owners for their kind gesture of goodwill on the day and allowing fishing on this scenic stretch of river.

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