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River pretty low and little fly life. Quite a cold start but temperature rose to 14c during the day. No rain and wind that had plagued this 4 day trip. 13 wbt caught and returned. All on dries, Para Adams the most productive pattern today. Very aggressive takes in the faster moving water and plenty of 7"-9" trout, best a 12" beauty, fin perfect taken in a clear, fast moving pool. Thrilling. Great way to end a trip to my happy place, thanks as always WUF.

13 Trout

Hoped for a little more water from yesterday's rain. If there was any it wasn't much. Some fly and a couple of good fish seen in one of deeper pools. Only two rising fish spotted, one of which was put down by a crash-landing mallard and the other by an inept cast. Nevertheless a great escape from civilisation for a few hours.

Good day on a fantastic beat. Plenty of fish showing. Only 6 fish to the hand should have been more but they were too fast. Small black dryflys were the choice fished upstream. Will definitely be returning. MB.

6 Trout

River conditions good

6 Trout

Started Sunny but then clouded over. Should have been perfect fishing conditions. Plenty of flies hatching and some rises…

… didn’t work out for me today though.

We only managed a little less than an hour here in the end. A beautiful evening in a special place. The beat is completely quiet, tucked away in little valley away from the main roads. Fished the bottom and middle of the beat, had a few offers to a klinkhammer and wasn't able to connect with any of them. The bottom of the beat is a series of tiny pools and runs, with a few fallen tree roots to provide cover for fish and likely casting spots..

River was still low and crystal clear, but the rain of the previous day had probably freshened things up a little. Weather was cool at 14-15 degrees but the valley was sheltered a little from the rather cold wind. Some fly life in evidence with olives coming off sporadically. Very little surface movement.

Super place to fish for a couple of hours, where connecting with a fish should probably be regarded as a bonus rather than an expectation!

1 rainbow 1lb 12oz on black cruncher. 1 wild brown 5 oz. Black cruncher. Returned.

2 Trout

Cold and overcast, water rising after first rain in 8 weeks.

A chilly day with occasionally a stiff, cool breeze, despite the sunshine. A short but lovely and varied beat. A consistent hatch especially of yellow mayflies, but the fish didn't seem to be that interested in the duns and most of the sporadic rises looked to be to emergers and the occasional mayfly spinner. Fish were taken to a mayfly spinner and downstream nymph, with a good number of additional takes on the surface missed. This is definitely a beat to fish again.

3 Trout

9 Trout, 1 Grayling