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Hard going today, strong winds, little fly life and few rising fish. We took the fish on small sedges and unweighted nymphs.

7 Trout, 4 Grayling

River was low and slow. There appeared to be black gnats on the water, so fished with a small one, but landed only one fish with it. Changed to an iron blue klink, and immediately had much more sucess

6 Trout

2 Trout

Nice location water level low and clear no fish rising 2 trout and 4 others all small fish caught on nymph. Wading relatively easy but some deep shelving pools so caution needed.

2 Trout, 4 Other

I had a superb day. Beautiful spot. River was very low. All fish were caught on a French leader setup. Using a mix of caddis patterns often 3 fish at a time.

2 Trout, 50 Grayling, 2 Chub

All 5 trout about 6-7" caught on blue dun and grey duster parachutes. Water level low but very easy wading. Not much surface action but that might have been time of day fished 11-16:00

5 Trout

Fished duo method in bright conditions, hooked 6, landed 3, probably rusty! Fish from head of shaded pool at bottom of beat and in deeper runs in open areas

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Not fished the Ithon before, I was tempted by the ease of casting considering the time of year on the streams. Absolutely marvellous beat, so much water to fish and fortunately today there was 100% cloud cover which helped for such an open beat. 3x wbt 6 - 8 ins via duo , both nymph and dry. Switched to size 14 Griffiths gnat as I approached the first flat between the fallen trees... 16 1/2 ins of wbt took me all over the place ! Really wasn't expecting this , such a strong fighting fish superb sport. Held against the rod and then rod measured back at the car with a tape, expecting 14 ins, shocked as I counted it off. One of 11/12 ins followed and another of 8ins. Lost one more and missed quite a few other in the runs down the left then right banks. Great fishing everywhere so didn't even get half way up the beat, a return visit is a definite.

6 Trout

2 Trout

Arrived to bright sunshine and started with duo system. Caught a few fish on both so changed to dry. Caught grayling up to 7ins and wbt to 6ins. River in nice condition. Became overcast and the fish went down but a good day in nice surroundings.

10 Trout, 5 Grayling