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Bright and sunny until 2pm, when persistent rain settled in. Good surface activity, particularly late morning through to 2pm. A couple missed chances on MB, no fish landed on the dry. Managed three brownies on weighted HE.

Beat in excellent condition; a lovely day to be on the water.

3 Trout

Steady trickle of hatches throughout the day but very little sign of surface activity. Hard work but 4 trout to nymphs. Lovely spot.

4 Trout

4 Trout

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7 Trout

Perfect fishing conditions, so no excuses. A lively hour around lunch time saw many decent sized fish rising, most of them too crafty for me, but lots of fun. Mainly stuck to the Ashford Bend. Wonderfully peaceful, plenty of bird life and a delight to be on the river.

A quiet day, with only a smattering of desultory rises to something very small (I think). Waited to see if there would be an evening rise, which there wasn't much (and the rain was starting), but the day was redeemed by a lovely 19 inch, 2.5+ lb fish, which took a small dun at 8.15pm. She was in shallow water near-in and I've been trying to get her for several years...

1 Trout

With the water level at capacity fishable bank stretches were at a premium, a situation not helped by the unchecked growth on the west bank towards the head of the lake, a once excellent area now rapidly becoming a jungle. Here in mid-afternoon while there was a bit of decent, reachable ripple for a short while I connected with a deep-bodied 18" hen fish following a much smaller capture in a flat calm at midday on the short fishable part of the far bank. Before teatime the breeze had slackened and it never returned! The big new house high on the east bank looks impressive. Do they offer B&B?

2 Trout

A short but enjoyable session on Sunday morning for around 2 hours. One lovely brown trout caught and released on a PTN to make up for an earlier miss.

1 Trout

4 Trout