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Very cold day, river clear apart from deepest holes. Caught one out of season brown trout on a nymph and one grayling about 16 inches on a beaded nymph. Nothing rising.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

19 x grayling 6-14 inches, mostly in the 10-12 inch range, 2 x out of season trout 11-12 inches, long distance trotting. Bright sun and a hard ground frost this morning, dull later.

19 Grayling

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

A bit to muddy for me

1 Barbel, 5 Chub

First time on this beat and below freezing when I arrived but the sum was on it's way up so a good day was in prospect. I fished beaded nymphs under an indicator and had a couple of fish from the tail of a pool at the lower end of the beat. Nothing further until later in the afternoon when another pool towards the top end yielded another 7 grayling including a beautiful specimen that measured 18" and easily my personal best. I'll be going back for sure!

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

My first time on this beat and below freezing when I arrived but the sun was showing and a good day was in prospect. I fished beaded nymphs and shrimp patterns under an indicator. A couple of fish were taken from the tail of a pool towards the bottom of the beat but then nothing for some time as I worked up the river. Later in the afternoon another pool towards the top end yielded 7 more fish including a beautiful specimen of 18", by some way my personal best. All fish took the point nymph.

1 Trout, 8 Grayling

3 Grayling

3 Chub

No fish caught today

Water was too high and flowing too quickly to have confidence that the nymphs were presenting well.