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Fished 10-2.
Upon arrival saw a few rising fish above the bridge but after that all I saw were splashy rises here and there so mainly fished a nymph in the deeper runs (river looked very low and clear).
Had 6 trout including a larger one at 15" and an oos grayling about 3/4lb. The other trout were between 6-10". Lost quite a few others.
Only fished about 2/3 of the beat- the first 1/3 from the d/s limit at the bridge is mainly high banks and tree lined. Access is pretty poor there and there's quite a few barbed wire fences to negotiate.
The middle bit where it's double bank opens out and there's some nice water to fish there.

6 Trout, 1 Grayling

Upstream nymph or bead head. One on a dry fly

7 Trout

12 Trout

2 Trout

1 Trout

2 Trout

Only 7” on the gauge today but cool and overcast with slight drizzle. Wading was “interesting” as usual at this height with underfoot conditions more like an ice rink than a riverbed in some spots. I saw more rising fish today than for some time, but only managed to tempt 2 to the surface to take an olive emerger pattern during the occasional sparse medium olive hatches. The others came to the usual assortment of wets and nymphs throughout the beat. Biggest trout was only 9”, but 2 nice grayling to 14”.

15 Trout, 3 Grayling

Lots of activity with the dry fly.

3 Trout

Tough day with few fish rising. Lovely bit of river though. Fascinating to see how river has changed as nearly 40 years since I last fished this stretch.

Mepps 2,3+ chinese spoon (silver)

6 Trout